Re: Windows Vista is slowing the Navy down ??

Moshe Goldfarb <brick.n.straw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:

>On Fri, 16 May 2008 16:47:58 -0500, Ivan Marsh wrote:

>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:06:43 -0700, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>> 
>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Ivan Marsh <ivanmarsh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>>  wrote
>>> on Fri, 16 May 2008 13:53:47 -0500
>>> <pan.2008.05.16.18.53.46.486748@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 14:44:09 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 16 May 2008 13:37:30 -0500, Ivan Marsh wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> *This should in no way be misconstrued as an endorsement of
windows.
>>>>>> I would not knowingly trust my life to a Microsoft OS.*
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ever been in a hospital?
>>>>> If so ,you already have.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ever go to the doctor?
>>>>> If so, you already have.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ever go to the dentist?
>>>>> If so you already have.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ever go to the pharmacy to get medications? If so you already have.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ....and so forth..
>>>>
>>>> I said I didn't WANT to know.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Well, FWIW my dentist also uses Windows to keep track of appointments.
>>> AFAIK the drilling equipment and such is not computer-controlled.  I
>>> wouldn't worry unnecessarily.
>>> 
>>> Bear also in mind that Java's EULA has the following clause:
>>> 
>>> 3. RESTRICTIONS. [...]  You acknowledge that Licensed Software is not
>>> designed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or
>>> maintenance of any nuclear facility. Sun Microsystems, Inc.  disclaims
>>> any express or implied warranty of fitness for such uses.  [...]
>>> 
>>> (Personally, I'm not sure *any* language is explicitly intended for
use
>>> in the design of nuclear facilities -- or anything else, really.  It's
a
>>> strange inclusion, though.)
>> 
>> It's not that strange.
>> 
>> Microsoft's license indemnifies them from any catastrophic failure of
>> their software.

They can say anything they want in their license. the question is whetehr
the courts will accept it.
Eg, a ski lift operator here even had a sign disclaiming responsibil8ity
if
anything went wrong with the lifts. They were successfully sued then their
lift broken and injured a bunch of people. 


>> 
>> It's sad that part of any software license pretty much says "Do not use
>> this software to do anything im****tant."
>> 
>> At least Java went to Mars.

>Was Java running the innards of that 40 million dollar Tonka Toy that
went
>brain dead on Mars 10 minutes after it landed?


>-- 
>Moshe Goldfarb
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