14 Oct
2017
14 Oct
'17
10:36 a.m.
On Sat, 14 Oct 2017, at 23:30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
More and more consumer products need ongoing software updates now. But the companies selling those products are having trouble getting to grips with that fact.
Oh heck yes. And it's not just your standard consumer items either. I needed a firmware update installed on my *CAR* yesterday. Even more obtuse, a chef friend of mine had to install regular firmware updates on their commercial oven. Producing a computerised product truly requires a long-term investment from the dev team to provide ongoing support. I think it'll still be five years before the Internet of Crap manufacturers realise how much they're damaging the ecosystem. *cough* is that an analogy for climate change? E