On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:17:21 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> NO, it isn't.  People haven't died because of MS security
>> vulnerabilities.
> 
> That is in part because MS explicitly says it's not supposed to be good
> enough for life-critical situations.

Yeah, that's true enough.  Most commercial software vendors have that 
clause in the license agreement.

> And I wouldn't be surprised, anyway, if some MS software had a bug that
> caused some patient to get over-dosed with radiation during cancer
> treatment or some such.

I would be, since the machines that control that sort of thing tend to be 
custom-built and not PC-controlled, at least not that I've seen 
(admittedly, I've not spent a lot of time in cancer treatment facilities).

Jim

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