On 16/07/2011 07:13 AM, Warp wrote:

>    If you need industrial-grade centrifuges, and the manufacturer of those
> centrifuges only makes control software for Windows, what are you going to
> do? Run it in Wine?

This is why our lab uses Windows software. (Despite at least two people 
constantly whining that everything would be *so* much better if we did 
everything with Macs.)

>    I'm assuming that even if Windows crashes, that will not cause malfunction
> on those centrifuges (or whatever else they are controlling from Windows).
> The software probably has more like a setupping/monitoring functionality than
> a more active role. Hopefully.

Indeed. It appears the Windows software programs and monitors various 
hardware microcontrollers. (And the machines aren't Internet accessible.)

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