Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:46:08 -0500
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>,
        WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Odd events
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

At 12/23/2005 10:27 AM, dicconf wrote:

>On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Mike B. wrote:
>
> > At 12/22/2005 10:27 AM, dicconf wrote:
> >> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005, Mike B. wrote:
> >>
> >>> As far as what the alternatives there are to upgrading air traffic
> control
> >>> workers' equipment and work environment goes, there is at least one: use
> >>> the developments we've had in technology over the last 50 years.
> >>
> >> Uh...how does this differ from "upgrading"?
> >
> > "Upgrade" generally means a newer, somewhat better, version of the same
> > thing you already have.  What I'm talking about is something completely
> > different.
>
>I don't think that's a distinction most of us would make -- "upgrade" is
>bringing in something new and better.

Something new and better, but still the same.  If you change to something
different (and hopefully better), then it's a switch, change or move, not
an upgrade.  "Upgrade" in the tech fields refers to a version change, not a
product change.

>  But I can see the difference you're describing.

Good enough.

-- Mike B.