> Airlines should band together and form working group to redevelop the old system in modern open source tech. It's surprising how quickly one can suggest a so

> Airlines should band together and form working group to redevelop the old system in modern open source tech. It's surprising how quickly one can suggest a solution based on... what exactly? Imagine a doctor prescribing "this new fantastic medicine" based on "patient is sick" description. While personally I'm all for open source this is not a silver bullet and should be carefully considered. Joel had an interesting blog post [0] back then about Netscape rewriting their software. [0]: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-...