Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:06:37 -0400
From: Finn Lassen <finn.lassen@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Software in the cockpit
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Ernest Christley wrote:

>
> 4) Are the company representatives 'excited' about new technologies?  
> You can leave this one off if you'd like.  It's my bias showing.  My 
> experience is that older engineers tend to view new software 
> 'methodologies' with a critical eye.  The younger guys tend to jump on 
> the latest software fad with exuberence, generally breaking things 
> that were working and needing more hardware horsepower to do boot.  
> I've watched myself get less exuberant and more critical as the years 
> have passed.  A representative that is ready to jump in an unproven 
> software technology without careful consideration of the cost/benefit 
> equation is a red flag for me.  The experienced guys know that it is 
> the same ol' stuff, with a different set of headaches. 

So I'm not the only one that thinks it's odd that it takes as long or 
longer for a 1000 times more powerful computer to boot up with today's 
operating systems than it used to?

When I complain about bloatware I'm told: "Learn to live with it". I 
guess my age is showing...

Finn