In Software TRL3-9 are obscenely compressed

# In Software TRL3-9 are obscenely compressed You can get away with things in software like mixing TRL3 and TRL 7 - possibly giving a proof-of-concept system to a customer to use on their own. This happens for several reasons * The consequences of failure are very low * The costs are very low * The iteration time is high Because of this [[VC funded startups blur the line between what can fund R&D because of the compressed TRL of software]]  [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/In+Software+TRL3-9+are+obscenely+compressed) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/In+Software+TRL3-9+are+obscenely+compressed)