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Subject: Re: Ada in command / control systems
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> Which is not the case if you're developing automotve control software,
> for example; it's not cheap to fix when you have hundreds of thousands
> of examples out in the field.

https://www.tesla.com/support/software-updates

"Tesla cars regularly receive over-the-air software updates [...]"

So why care about quality? If you have the comfort to fix everything later, then time to market wins over quality hands down.

> I suppose we know how to estimate the costs to design the hardware
> properly. Not sure that we even know how to design the software
> properly, let alone how much it'll cost.

Right. But why?
In any case, this justifies my earlier statement: I do not consider engineers from other domains to be less competent than me. Actually, it's us who seem to be lacking skills to do our own homework. Right?

-- 
Maciej Sobczak * http://www.inspirel.com