On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 07:04:02PM -0400, John Dorsey wrote:
> One of our Computer Engineering professors is very much into software
> robustness. He asked me to let him know if I came across any evidence
> that this is not an April Fool.
>
> I'll believe that it's from an ARM Linux machine, and I'd buy that the
> MTD drivers pulled the trigger. (But I'd be less likely to believe that
> anyone would run the MTD code on a life-critical system.) There really
> is an apfbioelectronics.com.
Well, its certainly a well-designed April fool, and going by the fact that
the person hasn't replied to it yet...
However, the things are that:
1. they are using a StrongARM, manufacturered by Intel.
2. Intel don't license their products for use in life-critical situations.
(read the small print at the start of any of their manuals).
3. A pacemaker is a life-critical situation.
4. We don't make any comments about Linux being the _most_ reliable OS out
there.
5. Linux is very heavy weight for a pacemaker, which has only one function.
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