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by danparsonson 881 days ago
And if they were an SV startup, they'd be receiving abundant praise for rapidly disrupting their market...
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I am not so sure I want an airplane manufacturer to disrupt much of anything, especially if it involves cutting corners…
Well... SpaceX did it with rockets :V
I’m not going to board a rocket anytime soon :)
But not while carrying passengers.
That's not a great comparison though. Commercial Airlines are known for safety and reliability, startups are known for being tire fires
Yeah I get that dunking on Boeing is the cool new thing but realistically the amount of caution they take with things almost certainly dwarves whatever most of us software gardeners do.
Yeah but most software bugs aren’t life or death
Indeed; it was intended as a joke about 'move fast and break things' culture but didn't pan out very well.
> if they were an SV startup, they'd be receiving abundant praise for rapidly disrupting their market

If Boeing were developing radical new designs, I’d be with you. I might even be with them. But they’re not. The 737 Max 9 isn’t revolutionary in any capacity; the newness is practically all in the engines.

> And if they were an SV startup, they'd be receiving abundant praise for rapidly disrupting their market...

I don't think that's a valid comparison.

For a startup to disrupt a market, it should have some semblance of a win.

Boeing is doing all this to avoid a major loss.

Fighting to stay afloat is not the same as disrupting a market.

You're right - it was a lazy swipe at 'move fast and break things' culture but it didn't really land (pardon the pun).
They really are building the airplane while it's flying.