On January 28, 2009 at 10:27, juliejacobson said...
Are you kidding me? Without the source code, you have
to start from scratch. Your video switcher craps out?
The $50k in programming you already spent is out the window,
and your system and everything connected to it is worthless.
... until you can find a new dealer and start all over
again.
I am wearing my consumer hat.
Convince me that that is a gamble worth taking.
no i am not kidding. its a moot point if my switcher fails. replace it with the exact one.
if the ecm on my truck craps out. do i get the source code to make my own ecm? no i have to pay chevrolet 3000 bucks (or whatever it costs now) for a new ecm. when i can fix or make my own for pennies on the dollar.
and by the time there is a failure new technology will be available and make the old obsolete anyways.
customer pays 100 grand every year or other year for a new mercedes or porche for the garage.... whats a 50 grand every 5 or 6 years when equipment fails?
