Imagine being the guy at Marcum that is writing the code for all these updates! Now that is a job I would not want. Just think about the pressure on Marcum themselves with all the units they have sold. They have no choice but to get all these units up and running correctly. They have really put it all on the line.
Good luck to Marcum, we hope you have success!
I look at it as an opportunity to fix a user identified problem. Imagine if we couldn’t update these units in under 5 minutes or had to send them in. Every person uses a flasher differently so MarCum has heard what’s wrong and now has a chance to fix the problem very easy. They will continue to release upgrades as technology advances, so you should never have to buy another flasher!!!!
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Imagine being the guy at Marcum that is writing the code for all these updates! Now that is a job I would not want. Just think about the pressure on Marcum themselves with all the units they have sold. They have no choice but to get all these units up and running correctly. They have really put it all on the line.
Good luck to Marcum, we hope you have success!
Coding is fairly straight forward for software engineers. Especially when there is already a software version that just needs tweaking. Its the amount of feedback and field test data that needs to be calculated precisely so that software and hardware can work in harmony if possible.
Not really any different than when the H/birds came out with the side imaging. I jumped into a 1197 the first year and ran quite a few updates in the first 2 years. Fortunately good companies will make the process simple and relatively easy for most to do. Its not what a company does wrong, its how they handle the solution
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I look at it as an opportunity to fix a user identified problem. Imagine if we couldn’t update these units in under 5 minutes or had to send them in.
exactly! the ability to remotely patch is the difference…and might actually make the job of the (marcum) software engineer easier, because now the users are field validating the code. its a bit of a nuisance to the user but when you understand your participating in development its not so bad. of course, you don’t get a discount for fixing their mistakes. 
unfortunately thats not the case for all software. sometimes you can’t afford to learn about a bug in the field. 
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Coding is fairly straight forward for software engineers. Especially when there is already a software version that just needs tweaking. Its the amount of feedback and field test data that needs to be calculated precisely so that software and hardware can work in harmony if possible.
You sound like a project manager
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You sound like a project manager
PMs, the biggest deterrent to rapid software development ever invented.
I got your SCRUM for you right here! Yes, lets talk about the work I am doing and plan to do while I could be actually working. I think we need an IDO developer/coder/engineer support group. 
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I think we need an IDO developer/coder/engineer support group.
We meet at the Bungalow most every Saturday evening.
PMs, The SCRUM of the earth. 
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