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Re: Human Factors and Accident reduction/mitigation


From: JC Dill <jcdill.lists () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:51:06 -0800

Anton Kapela wrote:
What curve must we shift to get routers with hardware and software
that's both a) fast b) reliable and c) cheap -- in the hopes that the
only problems left to solve indeed are human ones?

Fast, Reliable, Cheap - pick any two. No, you can't have all three. The fastest(best) and most reliable *anything* can't be the cheapest one because someone will quickly seize the market opportunity to make one that is lower quality (slower) or less reliable and sell it for a lower price.

jc


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