Good idea in theory, but the devil is in the implementation. ERM software never solves every problem and it normally requires the business to change some aspects of its processes to match the software. Be careful when talking blue sky with people who have a familiar way of working, its hard to motivate line staff if they are picking up extra work to make the rest of the company more efficient.

I've worked in Manufacturing IT for a fair while now and i am wondering what other choice you have? Windows control systems seem to be the norm, most of the time in a completely unsecured fashion with the vendor expectation you'll connect them straight to the internet for remote diagnosis.

We bought a specialty piece of equipment with a ~15 year life span about 2 years back which has been the market leader in its segment for nearly 10 years. It only ran on Windows 98 (DOS based back-end). They had no intention of upgrading while they were still the market leader. Still expected to connect it to the network

hahahah. I'm in Australia with Telstra fibre. 100Mbit down / 5Mbit up with 100GB cap (counted both directions). Go over that cap? get shaped to 128kbits. yep. it feels like the internet stopped.

Its actually a bigger problem than that if you ask me. I got a One XL (the 4G version) in Australia mostly because it had a 6 month head start on the Aus 4G Galaxy S3. But it is ever so slightly bigger than the One X, so even out of the very few accessories you can buy in the market for the One X, most don't fit the One XL which means relying on HTC to actually release accessories. Which they don't. I have a dock which i had to file down to fit the phone in...

That combined with the slow or non-existent software updates makes me wary about the new one. The eco-system with the phone is very important when your competing against S3's and iPhones, something else HTC needs to fix if they want to compete in this flagship market.