> > I've seen that at many places. It's just the passenger > information system; not stuff that is really important. > OTOH, I know someone who has been working on the new UK air > traffic control system. Apart from having the total UK > system in one building, which is scary enough, his stories > about the software make me think very hard about flying as a > travel option. It took them two years to get the building's > environmental management system working properly. > > m > The air traffic control system has been under development since well before the Wright brothers, it seems. It features as a case study in numerous books about how not to manage projects. However, given that large safety-critical software systems of that type are the most complex artefacts people have ever tried to build it's a wonder anything ever gets into the air and stays there.
Bob
