>> And, since we're doing silly, out-of-scope comparisons, how many people have
>> died due to an Entourage failure? 'cause that's what usually results in
>> automobile recalls (and safety improvements). People dead, buried, and in
>> the ground.
>
> Also realize that there are thousands of technicians across the US who can
> poke through an engines or carburetors and see the cause of a problem in
> action. But how many people actually have access to the 'rage code? A
> dozen? It's like having the hood of your car welded shut.
Well, there used to be tens to hundreds of thousands of people who could do
this with your car. Nowadays the number is much, much smaller.
And if the problem lies in one of the embedded processors in your car, the
number is minuscule.
On the other hand, it's also not like most people are willing to leave their
computer in the hands of an application developer for a day or three while
they look at it. ;-)
And I don't know how many times Chevy and Ford technicians have told me that
the designers were putting out crap, or using parts that they knew would
fail, etc, etc, etc. ;-)
So, all things considered, I think we need a better industry than the
automotive industry as a basis of comparison.
See also <http://www.augdev.com/jack/compcar.htm>
mikel
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