On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:16:46 +0200, scott wrote:

>> That seems most common - for implementations that involve life and
>> death, the systems tend to be custom-built for a specific purpose, not
>> based on a general purpose operating system.
> 
> It's not just the software, all the hardware will also need to be
> certified for applications where human life is at risk.  You think your
> PC is reliable?  You trust it enough, that if it ever failed you'd die? 
> Didn't think so :-)

Ah yes, absolutely true. :-)

Jim

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