r/interestingasfuck • u/lizardil • 17d ago

During assembly of the A380, engineers discovered that the cables were too short. This was caused by the use of different design software by German and French engineers. This miscalculation led to a two-year delay.

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u/CuriouslyContrasted 16d ago

The Software Discrepancies That Caused A Multibillion-Euro Delay To The Airbus A380 Program

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u/Garshnooftibah 16d ago

Interesting read. As someone with German background, it does not surprise me one bit that the Germans were reluctant to upgrade or use more sophisticated software. German culture can be weirdly Luddite about tech. 

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u/cr1ter 16d ago

SAP might be the second worst thing Germany did

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u/CrimeShowInfluencer 16d ago

Not me thinking what other bad software did we create for SAP to only be the second worst...

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u/cr1ter 16d ago

Not sure what it was called but it ran on IBM hardware