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Re:How to not fuck up your manufacturing startup by SixSigma on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:40AM (#13115334)
> Lesson learned: always make secure remote firmware updates possible on your devices.

Lesson apparently not learned: get it right first time.

Software isn't special

http://www.gettingitrightfirsttime.com/report/

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Re:How to not fuck up your manufacturing startup by m_eiman on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @12:09PM (#13116231)
Software IS special. Compared to hardware, software is (usually) so easy to update that it's (usually) cost effective to not do it right the first time. NASA etc is different, and they work differently.

Everyone knows this and act accordingly - which is why we have to live with ever changing requirements for projects.

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Re:How to not fuck up your manufacturing startup by Dayshine on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:57AM (#13115503)
Er, but the case study you linked is very different.

There they're talking about getting specific tailored treatment right the first time.

Here we're talking about getting a generic reusable component right the first time.

Which is exactly what that link advocates against...

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