Bennett, Timothy (JIS/Applications) wrote:
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From: Berin Loritsch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well... Showing off the star part(s) was well and good in the early days when IOC was young and everyone was trying to figure out what good parts look like, and if you could even build different cars off the same chassis.
Yes, but there is high demand still for that part. Can't we continue to offer it until demand grows to the point where no one really wants the part by itself anymore? When companies introduce new and better models, there is still a period of overlap where the old is still sold with the new. The old is marked down, but still on the books and is phased out in a managed process.
But here is the broader issue, and the one that for the life of me I can't understand why more people aren't more excited about, and that is this:
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I am excited about it, really. But also look at it from my perspective. I have clients of my own to support that have built things with my specs. It is easier for me to support my clients if I have just the part I need without anything more--for the time being.
Sure I would like to ramp up to the new, eventually. However, I have to manage risk with what I have now. A sudden change and upheaval to my chassis at this stage would do more harm than good. I have to make certain baby steps to build a more adaptable chassis so that I can eventually support both old and new with the same basic structure.
There is also the reality that the new is not really formally introduced yet. It's being advertised, but as I am so often reminded, there is no Avalon 4 as a whole spec. There is only Avalon Framework 4 with other parts packaged together for the luxury vehicle. I appreciate the work being done to standardize the parts to make up the luxury vehicle, I really do. The thing is that most of the parts for my beater and the sports car don't work with the new standards yet. It takes time.
By not having the product I need sold as a product anymore (beating this horse to death), you are effectively telling me that both I and my clients are out in the cold. Hence, my representation of the demand again.
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"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning."
- Rich Cook
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