Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe
by CamperBob2 on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:01PM
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In terms of software development and testing practices, what the military/aerospace/medical industries do would never scale to any other industry. If the law were to mandate those practices across the board, that might sound great, but it won't matter because you won't be able to afford the resulting products.
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Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe
by jacquesm on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:09AM
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It would scale just fine. Software would cost a bit more, profits would go down a bit, quality would shoot up and support costs would drop. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a net positive in the longer term.
But in a world dominated by quarterly earnings this won't fly.
Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe
by hef19898 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:00AM
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Not necessarily advocating for it, but if that would mean less bloatware, de-facto spy-ware and lousy, pointless apps, or god forbid even les social media apps, I would call that a net positive.
Re:The $11B Webb telescope aims to probe the early universe
by CamperBob2 on Thursday December 09, 2021 @03:58AM
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It would catapult the industry back to the 1990s, at best.
How "at best" is interpreted is obviously up to the individual, of course.