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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Thu Sep 29 13:54:08 2016, in response to Re: W coming back November 7, posted by MainR3664 on Thu Sep 29 13:40:18 2016. I would guess that the real problem here is that of technological obsolescence. Back in the day when railcars were pretty much dumb mechanical beasties, a design could last for decades. As new cars replaced the old, mechanical progress and enhancements could still be done and remain compatible with the older equipment.With electronics and software, it's hard to remain in stasis for more than a couple of years before everything changes seemingly just for the sake of change. As an example, R143's harken back to the days of Windows XP being "new and shiny state of the art." XP has been dead now for a couple of years and we've gone through Vista (also dead), Windows 8 (whatever happened to 9? [grin]) and now 10. All of that in just so few years as but one example. The days of sticking to a proven design are long gone, all hail "constant improvement" and the need to toss everything away and do something else every year. :( |
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