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Medical equipment more and more often has networked embedded software that can't be updated. They won't throw away a multimillion-dollar device just because it
by roywiggins 7y ago
Medical equipment more and more often has networked embedded software that can't be updated. They won't throw away a multimillion-dollar device just because it can't be upgraded from Windows XP.
- untog 7y agoI'll bet they still have service agreements for those devices though, even if the software is old. Consumer routers do not have support like that.
- roywiggins 7y agoOh, yes, they're usually still serviced- the systems are babied and locked down and generally taken care of, and if Microsoft releases an emergency XP patch I expect it would be applied. Still, there's a lot of old stuff floating around since medical hardware can last a lot longer than an OS support lifetime.