Re: free lunch almost over

[ljknews <ljknews () mac com>]

At 6:14 PM -0500 2/1/05, Jeff Williams wrote:
> Sure. How many of those are there?
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> --Jeff
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> > At 3:23 PM -0500 2/1/05, Jeff Williams wrote:
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> > > Concurrency is a huge issue and nowhere more important than web applications.
> >
> > Ummm...  How about realtime fly-by-wire control systems ?
> > -- Larry Kilgallen

I have no idea, but certainly the number of them has no bearing
on how important they are.  The Boeing 777 is a good example --
having a few of those fall out of the sky is considerably more
important (which was the issue raised) than some web site going
down.

The newest Airbus models use fly-by-wire as well, lest it seem
to be a US-only thing.

Of course if the web site people used the strong software engineering
techniques common in safety critical areas, we would not be having
this discussion, and possibly not this mailing list.
-- 
Larry Kilgallen