On 2007-05-22, Thomas Borchert wrote:
Justin,

There is no chance I would allow Microsoft to support any aspect of
my aviation navigation.

Oh? Then don't let yourself be caught behind many of the modern
glass panels...

NASA still uses computers from the 70s for some operations because
they are proven and reliable. It's a poor choice to opt for useless
frills and eye candy if it also downgrades reliability on a safety
critical application. You're also presuming that there does not exist
a non-Microsoft dependant glass panel; and I'm not sure that that's a
valid point. Even if it were, I would rather wait around for a
quality product.

Read: blanket statements like that are not really useful

I didn't read your comment that way. Furthermore, of course it's
useful for readers to hear that products they may be in the market for
are unreliable, or wholly dependant on unreliable code. Naive
consumers often don't even know there are alternatives to MS products,
much less have any idea of the quality of their products.

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