To date, NO accountants have dictated design. The designers and builders of the system have not allowed an accountant to influence design and manufacturing. We strive to build and support something valuable and reliable, rather than cheap. Most Wilbur controllers are in container nurseries where even one day without water could be disastrous. Millions of cuttings have been rooted using Wilbur where even a few minutes without mist would be devastating.
Reliability is paramount.
Our chief programmer owns a nursery. He has a degree in Computer Science and over 30 years of programming experience. He was formerly head of scientific computing at a major pharmaceutical company. Other central irrigation system companies have a very hard time attracting and retaining a top notch programming staff. Think about it, if you are a great programmer, you would want to go to work as line programmer for a software company, not staff in a manufacturing company.