[Info-vax] api for ncp

[Phil Howell]

On Saturday, 31 July 2021 at 9:11:06 am UTC+10, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 7/30/2021 1:53 PM, Simon Clubley wrote: 
> > On 2021-07-30, Dave Froble <da... at tsoft-inc.com> wrote: 
> >> On 7/30/2021 11:27 AM, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> >>> On 2021-07-30 14:09:46 +0000, calliet g érard said: 
> >>> 
> >>>> I don't need a path forward in the situation, just a path backward :) 
> >>>> - They need training for a totally freezed platform, for which they 
> >>>> will make support for more than again 10 years. 
> >>> 
> >>> I can't count the number of times I've heard variations of that same "we 
> >>> can't" story told and re-told. 
> >> 
> >> Of course, "we can" is always true. Perhaps expensive. But perhaps not 
> >> the right decision. 
> >> 
> > 
> > Gerard has just implied that certification issues are involved. 
> > 
> > If so, that changes the picture completely, especially when it 
> > comes to the cost of any replacement.
> Just about all applications are certified to some extent, from engineer 
> and user testing, to formal and extensive documentation of, well, 
> testing. For various reasons some applications are subject to very 
> extensive testing, and some very well should be. 
> 
> What I find appalling is the "it's done, it will never need to change" 
> and such mentality. Most things are never done. An example. 
> 
> Some people who build experimental aircraft take that attitude, ie; it's 
> built, it will never come apart again. Bullshit! There are annual 
> condition inspections, pre-flight inspections before every flight, and 
> such. It's never done. There will always be repairs, upgrades, and 
> such. The reality, everything on that aircraft is a consumable, fuel 
> rather quickly, paint not so quickly, and the basic airframe, but 
> hopefully not so quickly.
> -- 
> David Froble Tel: 724-529-0450 
> Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc. E-Mail: da... at tsoft-inc.com 
> DFE Ultralights, Inc. 
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> Vanderbilt, PA 15486

https://webinfo.uk/webdocssl/irse-kbase/ref-viewer.aspx?refno=1559669757&document=2.10%20strangaric%20-%20legacy%20train%20control%20system%20stabilisation.pdf

This is an example of modernising a legacy system