Technology Standards
The importance of standards in industry, I was taking the TGV train from Montpelier to Lyon and noticed them compled together
- This photo was taken in Lyon while changing trains to Geneva. was too dark to get a good photo of the actually coupling but a good search around on the web and your bound to find one.
You had two different generation of the TGV sets coupled together to form a single MU (Multiple Unit) operational train. And this had to work on the high-speed line from Montpeille and Lyon at +300km/hr without getting into too much technical detail the point I want to make is; even with something that costs millions developed together in a consortium major organization are able to keep a standard interface and understand the importance to do so. I see everyday in the IT industry companies struggle to keep up with standards and here we’ve got two different generation of trains working together probably more then 10 years apart in development! but they work! I know there is allot of argument around this topic but just seeing this just struck me when I was travelling over the christmas.
A provide a track record in an “Investment in Standards” is what will be the next question i’ll ask
Tags: France, Standards, TGV, Trains, transportation
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