> Imagine devices that don't have built-in obsolescence There is no such thing as "planned obsolescence". The trade-off is price vs quality. You can buy or sou

> Imagine devices that don't have built-in obsolescence There is no such thing as "planned obsolescence". The trade-off is price vs quality. You can buy or source a hammer that will last you a lifetime, but will cost 10x the standard rate of hammer ... most people opt for the $20 option vs the $200 option, knowing full well, the $20 option may not last as long. >Boeing airplanes that need to be rebooted if their computers are up for too long, an Ariane 5 blowing up because using the old thing should be "good enough", Microsoft Windows on ATMs and vending devices that literally can't not have pop-ups. Couple things here: 1) None of those are examples of 'planned obsolescence'. 2) You really do not want to have every software application built the same way you build software for NASA. It would make software development incredibly expensive and slow. 3) I think everyone agrees that Boeing has major quality problems when compared with Airbus. But again, not an example of 'planned obsolescence', and it is not necessary for Boeing to build software like NASA builds software for the space shuttle, in order to produce quality airplanes (with quality software). >if businesses had their way, would the Internet be run on Novell, Huh? The software business is fully private. Most companies are not running on Novell because other businesses 'had their way' and competed.