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Rusting Edge Technology (Page 2 of 5)
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Why live life on the "Bleeding Edge?"
The advantages, challenges, opportunities, and disasters that rusting edge technologies offer may not be quite so obvious. If "Leading" and "Bleeding" edge technologies are breaking new ground, why aren't older technologies being buried? Here are a few reasons
- Companies stretching product life-cycles
Because of economic pressures, everyone is hold out as long as practical before investing in new product developments. Companies are using their cash on "have to" items not "want to" or "should do" investments even though they might yield new cash and profit streams.
- Military and Aerospace designs with millions invested in certification
DoD applications are constantly balancing "the cost of change" which would yield lower cost, common and dependable sources of components VS "the cost of staying the same" where engineering dollars are saved at the expense of unpredictable availability and quality. Not exactly what the DoD customers want to hear!
- Companies lacking design documentation or source files to migrate
As incredible as it may sound from those not in the industry, MANY companies are shipping product who don't know exactly what's inside! The original engineering teams, tools, and design files, often lost over time or during acquisitions, have left companies able to ship but unable to upgrade their own products.
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