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> 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 ch
by 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.”