> I hope people are beginning to understand that the presence of software in any system is a liability.
I do not understand this point of view.
If you don't have software, you are going to replace it with something mechanical. Or with people. Or lose the functionality entirely.
Do you want to bring back a 'flight engineer' to operate airliner engines?
Do you want to bring back mechanical autopilots? Analog computers? Let's ditch GPS while we are at it (GPS failures can cause deaths, specially under poor visibility).
I do not understand this point of view.
If you don't have software, you are going to replace it with something mechanical. Or with people. Or lose the functionality entirely.
Do you want to bring back a 'flight engineer' to operate airliner engines?
Do you want to bring back mechanical autopilots? Analog computers? Let's ditch GPS while we are at it (GPS failures can cause deaths, specially under poor visibility).