By the way, the counterpoint to that Cory Doctorow quote how everything is a computer (airplane is a flying computer) is that the EXACT PROBLEM with software is

By the way, the counterpoint to that Cory Doctorow quote how everything is a computer (airplane is a flying computer) is that the EXACT PROBLEM with software is that damn near everything is a computer. And when you add a computer to anything, it tends to go to shit. Things that worked just fine without it, now saddled with the typical software engineering mindset, are suddenly not so good. BMW iDrive, Ford Sync/MyFord Touch case in point. Read the preview of this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum/dp/0672326140 http://www.amazon.com/The-Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum/dp/0672... The part that says "what do you get when you cross a computer with an airplane".