[Elecraft] Software perfection

[Mike Markowski]

Straight out of college I was one of 100+ design engineers on the Mode-S 
FAA air traffic control system - multiprocessor, fault-tolerant system, 
etc.  The design docs (let alone software) filled volumes.  Much as I 
hope there were zero bugs in the complex system, it was after all 
designed by people...

One thing I recall is that the FAA contract permitted 1 second of down 
time per year.  :-)

73,
Mike ab3ap

On 01/16/2015 10:28 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote:
> You do exactly that every time you fly (commercial).
>
> But it didn¹t stop me either.  That¹s what the humans are for.
>
> Ted, KN1CBR (ex-CFI)
>
>> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 19:40:54 -0700
>> From: Doug Person via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>>
>> [...] Software written by the world's greatest programmer and tested by the
>> world's greatest software tester would still be something I would never
>> risk my life with.
>>
>> 73, Doug -- K0DXV