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Old June 20th 08, 01:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
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Default Future of Electronics In Aviation

In rec.aviation.piloting Le Chaud Lapin wrote:
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.


Irrelevant to the cost of software.

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


One more time and I'll type slowly, the cost of reliability testing is
not zero.


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Jim Pennino

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