1) certification that takes 10 years (more like 3, but ...) means you, at the very best, have 10 year old technology
2) Certified at a higher level. That can for various reasons be very different from reliable at a different level. For instance, circumstances change or knowledge advances.
For instance certification tends to take "proof" that something works. Yet the most reliable robots are pretty bad hardware, with the ability for multiple components to do the same job "most" of the time. Such a device, despite being much more reliable, is disqualified a priori in nearly all certification processes I've seen.
(needless to say, every time the things they take as proof tend to be ... less than proof)
Plus we've all been in a company having this discussion. "For the price of this one 'reliable' server we could have 20 normal ones, and they would be a hell of a lot more reliable together. Hell, just give me 3 of the cheap ones and I'll make it more reliable". And we all know what the boss's answer and the resulting reliability was.
3) You assume no regulatory capture (or outright dishonesty on the part of government employees and/or lawmakers)
1) certification that takes 10 years (more like 3, but ...) means you, at the very best, have 10 year old technology
2) Certified at a higher level. That can for various reasons be very different from reliable at a different level. For instance, circumstances change or knowledge advances.
For instance certification tends to take "proof" that something works. Yet the most reliable robots are pretty bad hardware, with the ability for multiple components to do the same job "most" of the time. Such a device, despite being much more reliable, is disqualified a priori in nearly all certification processes I've seen.
(needless to say, every time the things they take as proof tend to be ... less than proof)
Plus we've all been in a company having this discussion. "For the price of this one 'reliable' server we could have 20 normal ones, and they would be a hell of a lot more reliable together. Hell, just give me 3 of the cheap ones and I'll make it more reliable". And we all know what the boss's answer and the resulting reliability was.
3) You assume no regulatory capture (or outright dishonesty on the part of government employees and/or lawmakers)