[KLUG Advocacy] XP SP1

[randall perry]

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Bob wrote:
>Consider for a moment some application where the system in question is
>doing something like measuring chemical or pharmacuetical potency, pro-
>viding some environmental control. These systems are qualified and/or
>certified in accordance with testing and certification protocols that
>(among other things) require a documented and static configuration as
>of the certification date. Change often requires a change control pro-
>cedure, which is specified as part of the certification process and often
>includes testing.
>
>All of this "auto-update" stuff short-cicuits this kind of rigorous
>system maintenance, and places the administrator in the position of not
>really knowing what the configuration is if [when] something adverse
>haapens. This can be **very** serious [human lives have been lost over
>this kind of error].
Who would ever dream of running critical systems on Windows? Is that not an 
oxymoron like 'near miss' or 'Microsoft Works'.
;)

Randall Perry


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