[BC] HD Radio's lack of upgrade capability

[John Burger]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lamar Owen" <lowen at pari.edu>
To: "Broadcast Radio Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] HD Radio's lack of upgrade capability


> On Tuesday 18 October 2005 15:49, Michael Bergman wrote:
>> We do one hardware/software release per year.  You get the features you
>> paid for.  That's how the vast majority of products work--from 
>> toothbrushes
>> to Office Suite; you want the new features from the next year, you buy 
>> the
>> new product.
>
> What about bugs?  You mean the IBOC software is 100% bug free?  Why, 
> please
> let Microsoft know how to write bugfree software, might save a bundle of
> money.
>


Radio has worked for as long as any of us can remember.  Turn it on, tune it 
in, and enjoy.

Microsoft has been an iffy proposition for as long as any of us can 
remember.  Turn it on, and pray.  Use it, and pray.  Upgrade it, and pray.

We have become accoustomed to the peculiarities of MS, and more or less 
accept them.  If we similarly complicate the radio listening experience will 
we tacitly accept it, or will we discard it in favor of other medium with 
greater versitily and less complication?  We tolerate computer problems 
because there is so much that they do right when they work.  Radio's limited 
functionality may not be much of a hold if it becomes too much of a pain.

John