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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I usually see it the other way around. In many European countries engineers run the show. And they never want to change. We had those expensive but extremely limited control panels for machinery (small screen, little memory, no expansion possibilities, limited language display capabilities, difficult to get replacements, etc.) while the competition started to use laptops 10 years ago. Just one example of many. They still haven't changed until this day -- but finally they seem to wise up. After they went through chapter 11 (again!). The engineers though of something (completely removed from any knowledge of what the customers really wanted or needed), designed a much too expensive product and then told the salesmen "you are too stupid to explain it".
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Now, now, don't be too hasty and unkind.
Usually the wall or pedestal/column mounted, rugged touch screen panels and such go in abusive environments.
I can remember "control desks" on a "line" that had metal protective hatches that you would prop open like the hood of a car.
It really depended on the environment.