[TenTec] ORION, THE TERRIBLE 12

[Steve Baron - KB3MM]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stuart Rohre" <rohre at arlut.utexas.edu>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 02:14
Subject: Re: [TenTec] ORION, THE TERRIBLE 12


> Software for Windows is not perfected after several years and various
> versions of it.  What part of the OS is still buggy ?
  Why would we think software for a limited production
> product would be any easily written to perfection?
>
> I would opine that there are bugs and errors throughout the life of ALL
> software, and most learn to live with them.  Now, it would be nice if
> software was a more exact science, but it remains an art as well.
>
> Most companies write software for complex electronic equipment in house,
as
> they only, are in the position of understanding the analog functions they
> are trying to implement in software.  Most collaborative software efforts
> wind up with myriad glitches and bugs, and delays as well as expanding
> expense.
>
> Believe me, I am watching it on a contract program as we speak.  Mostly,
the
> software works, but some things just don't mesh with many authors working
> the parts.
> 73,
> Stuart
> K5KVH
>
>
>
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