Because they let themselves to get locked into proprietary bubble.
Have fun with your CNC machine that doesn’t work unless you program it with version 113 build revision 7 of proprietary firmware that cannot be loaded unless you run Windows XP SP 3, because CNC machining software is totally something that needed to be windows based…
Just remember, Therac-25 didn’t need to kill people.
Because they let themselves to get locked into proprietary bubble.
Have fun with your CNC machine that doesn’t work unless you program it with version 113 build revision 7 of proprietary firmware that cannot be loaded unless you run Windows XP SP 3, because CNC machining software is totally something that needed to be windows based…
Just remember, Therac-25 didn’t need to kill people.