On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Tim Shirley <tshir...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > Flarms are standalone devices. They won't stop working tomorrow, because > there is nothing to stop them working. > No, but they will stop working on March 31st, if you're still running v5. And every subsequent year on subsequent versions.
> A Flarm on V5 will see a Flarm on V5 just the same for ever, so it is > probably better for the upgrade at a club, or in an area where gliders > often fly together, to be co-ordinated. Making an instant change to your > own Flarm might simply disable yours :) > Right, and the only rational time to upgrade is immediately - you don't know who's already upgraded around you. I see gliders from other clubs, sometimes other states almost every weekend. > Flarm is being 100% consistent in its policy, and if that is irresponsible > well then more irresponsibility from Tony Abbott would be good (if that is > possible). They have NEVER guaranteed that a major version upgrade is > backward compatible, in fact they have always said that any backward > compatibility between major versions is coincidental. I make no comment on > the reasons or the necessity for this policy. > > I do not understand what you mean by 100% consistent in it's policy. Which policy? Maybe they have some enormous safety improvements in the new firmware that justifies the suboptimal functionality for the next fortnight. If so I don't think it's been adequately justified to us, the users. There's nothing wrong with a Flarm, except for the far too high > expectations we have of it. > I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a premium priced piece of technology explicitly designed to prevent collisions to be potentially unable to do so for weeks of the year. Just look out the window - no version changes required but make sure your > specs are up to spec. > Fortunately I can still walk when my car is broken too.
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