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From a Windows 10 automatic unintentional update story [1]: 'The action led to comments where life was actually being put at risk by the unilateral action: "I
by pjmorris 11y ago
From a Windows 10 automatic unintentional update story [1]:
'The action led to comments where life was actually being put at risk by the unilateral action: "I needed to set up my department's bronchoscopy cart quickly for someone
with some sick lungs. I shit you not, when I turned on
the computer it had to do a Windows update."'
Question 1: Labor-intensive business or capital-intensive business?
Question 2: Whose elaborate safeguard procedure failed?
[1] - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2450852/updategate-microsoft-is-reportedly-upgrading-pcs-to-windows-10-automatically http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2450852/updategate-...
- vinceguidry 11y agoPoorly-managed capital-intensive business. It's poorly-managed precisely because there weren't any safeguard procedures. Why the hell wasn't someone checking to make sure such a critical piece of equipment is always at the ready?
- slededit 11y ago> 2: Whose elaborate safeguard procedure failed? Since Windows was never intended to serve a life support/saving function - it was the fault of whatever OEM chose to use it in that capacity. They took on the onus to have it work correctly when they chose it as a platform.
- DanBC 11y agoMS used to specifically include "Do not use this for safety critical stuff" in the EULA. Does anyone know when they took it out? And why? > “The Microsoft software was designed for systems that do not require fail-safe performance. You may not use the Microsoft software in any device or system in which a malfunction of the software would result in foreseeable risk of injury or death to any person.”