From the Hacker News thread
The fact that Boeing is working on a software fix doesn't contradict the thread. It's explicitly mentioned in the thread. mobile.twitter.com/trevorsumner/status…... > Nowhere in here is there a software problem. The computers & software performed their jobs according to spec without error. The specification was just shitty. Now the quickest way for Boeing to solve this mess is to call up the software guys to come up with another band-aid. (some related follow up tweets) > I'm a software engineer, and we're sometimes called on to fix the deficiencies of mechanical or aero or electrical engineering, because the metal has already been cut or the molds have already been made or the chip has already been fabed, and so that problem can't be solved. > But the software can always be pushed to the update server or reflashed. When the software band-aid comes off in a 500mph wind, it's tempting to just blame the band-aid. > Follow @davekammeyer if you want to dig in.