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>>most software doesn't have the same sort of consequences when it fails. > >Hmm... tell that to a space shuttle commander ? I'd be more worried about air traffic control, or software controlling ambulance routing. None of these things are off-the-shelf shrinkwrapped programs though, they are the product of pure, horrible, headache inducing, pain staking software engineering. Failure in these systems can not be tollerated, so they cost much more. They are completly different problems, sort of like building an aircraft carrier vs. mass producing a row boat. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.