OK, my cheeky tabloid headline was more provocative than I expected!
This locked down approach is indeed the historic norm, but today it is not
industry-wide, and it is changing fast. Another example of disruptive
technologies reshaping an industry, and the industry trying to (or trying
not to) adapt.. <insert lengthy discussion about industry "standards">
For my part, I am far more fascinated than I am angry, its interesting, and
a moment in time in an industry.
Will check Furuno later, (might have been ICOM), I did this quickly and did
not save what I found. Navico I already posted - needs a cable, software,
PC, and Garmin looks like it needs a chartplotter.
Compared to my '80s B&G hunter stuff, my Raymarine i70 multifunction
instrument is amazing. I'm starting to realize though, that it
is simply a dumbed-down ruggedized ipod touch with a senior-friendly user
interface that can run only one app. Forever. ;-) Ooops, provocative
again!
All playfulness and side debates aside, if the new normal is that software
updates are part of ownership, hardware ownership should not come with
undisclosed hidden costs.
Dave
Message: 2
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:05:37 -0500
From: Frederick G Street <f...@postaudio.net>
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Raymarine exits the instrument, vhf and
autopilot business!
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Dave and all: what ?announcement? is this, exactly? I still get
dealer-only emails from Raymarine, and I haven?t received any announcements
like the one you reference. And as Graham mentioned, Raymarine is NOT the
only one who uses their MFDs to update other system software. Simrad, B&G
and others do exactly the same thing.
Can anyone on the list with a Garmin autopilot update its software with an
SD card, without having a Garmin MFD on the network? How about upgrading
your Furuno instruments?
Getting angry about this doesn?t make much sense to me. It?s industry-wide.
Fred Street -- Minneapolis
S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI
> On Sep 20, 2016, at 12:44 AM, RANDY via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>
wrote:
>
> Given Raymarine's announcement, maybe I made a lucky choice. :)
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