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From: WhiteR@CRPL.Cedar-Rapids.lib.IA.US (Robert S. White)
Subject: Re: Ariane 5 failure
Date: 1996/10/04
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In article <mheaney-ya023180000210962257430001@news.ni.net>, mheaney@ni.net 
says...

>It's never cost effective to skimp on hardware if it means human
>programmers have to write more complex software.

  Not if the ratio is tilted very heavy towards reoccuring cost versus
Non-Reoccuring Engineering (NRE).  How about 12 staff-months versus $300 extra 
hardware cost on 60,000 units?

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Robert S. White                    -- an embedded systems software engineer
WhiteR@CRPL.Cedar-Rapids.lib.IA.US -- It's long, but I pay for it!