On Jun 19, 4:15*pm, wrote:
In rec.aviation.piloting Le Chaud Lapin wrote:

The material cost of software is $0.

Material cost is zero, specification cost is modest, development
cost is getting serious, and reliability testing cost is horrendous.

Market capitalization of Textron: $13.2US billion.

Market capitalization of Garmin $9.2US billion.

There is something very special about $0 material cost, $0 overhead
cost, etc.

How horrendous can it be?

-Le Chaud Lapin-