n6tgk said:Worldwide leader? I don't think so. Sounds like Tyco has delusions of self importance. Having worked with both Motorola and M/A-COM radios since 1993, I think M/A-COM is crap. Many of the officers I speak with think the same thing.
It would probably surprise you to know there are M/A-COM EDACS systems on nearly every large U.S. Navy vessel out there... hundereds of them. Apparently they work just fine. M/A-COM has a piece of the military market that Motorola doesn't have, so I suppose they can call themselves a 'leader'.
Having lived closely with both large EDACS and large Motorola systems, I can say that quality wise, the equipment is quite comparable. And in the early 90's vintage systems that I've had to deal with, EDACS was an order of magnitude ahead when it came to features like wide area coverage.
I've heard first hand that Opensky is an abomination, though. I have to wonder... is it really that bad, or are we just hearing about a handful of really bad implimentations, like we do with EDACS? It was a shame to see such a good product take such a bad rap because no one knew how to properly impliment it as a real system.