Recently, Dan Luke posted:

"Neil Gould" wrote:


Sounds to me like a component issue rather than a design issue

Yep. The nightmare of all mfrs that pull components from all over
the world into a complex, integrated product.

As a G1000 owner, I know I own a perishable system. How long before
the unavailability of a critical component makes it unmaintainable?

Since the G1000 system is modular, a different configuration of components
could be made functionally equivalent or superior to the current design of
any of its modules, so it should be able to be maintained indefinitely.
This doesn't follow the computer-oriented model of selling system
"upgrades", but that is a different matter.

Neil