"Matt Barrow" wrote:


WSI downlinked weather displayed on a Garmin MX20 moving map: Will never
display the lightning data now offered by WSI, thanks to the feud between
these two companies.

Ouch. This is bad for all of us, as there is virtually no competition for
WxWorx/Garmin.

XM/AviDyne

As I said: virtually no competition.

Avidyne has no line of NAV/COM/GPS boxes, nor does it make portables.
Avidyne, it seems to me, also lags Garmin's technology in PFDs and
MFDs--Garmin now has an integrated autopilot. Cessna, Mooney and Raytheon
all chose Garmin over Avidyne. It is ominous for Avidyne that Columbia
Aircraft now offers Garmin as an option.

Garmin is just flat beating the crap out of its competitors in all GA
segments, gobbling up market share and setting prices levels. This is as it
should be, of course, but its disappointing (and costly) to us consumers that
B/K, Lowrance, Avidyne, etc. seem unable to catch up.

As for WSI, they are getting beaten in the marketplace too by WxWorx, which
made the key alliances while WSI slept.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM