Re: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat (http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/

1998-04-29 Thread Larry Lade
Gerald Carl Wieder wrote: > > This could bring new meaning to the term "crash team" in hospitals (UK > > ones at least) - not only will they be bleeped every time someone's > > heart's fails but every time Windows CRASHES too 8-) > > You got that right. I'm a nurse in a hospital system thats cr

RE: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat (http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/

1998-04-28 Thread Gerald Carl Wieder
> -Original Message- > From: Simon Liddington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 27, 1998 12:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat > This could bring new meaning to the term "crash team" in hos

Re: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat

1998-04-27 Thread Cristian Tibirna
On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Mike Bridge wrote: > Yikes! This is rather scary. Maybe each hospital is going to have to budget > for a technical support line: > > Caller: I'm having some problems with my heart! It's beating irregularly > and I think I need an ambulance! > > Hospital Technical Suppor

Re: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat

1998-04-27 Thread Dave Wreski
> Caller: I'm having some problems with my heart! It's beating irregularly > and I think I need an ambulance! > > Hospital Technical Support: Hmmm... Why don't you try closing > everything down and rebooting yourself. Sometimes that works. Lets hope the guy doesn't have registry problems,

Re: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat

1998-04-27 Thread Mike Bridge
Yikes! This is rather scary. Maybe each hospital is going to have to budget for a technical support line: Caller: I'm having some problems with my heart! It's beating irregularly and I think I need an ambulance! Hospital Technical Support: Hmmm... Why don't you try closing everything dow

Re: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat (http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/

1998-04-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Michael Jinks wrote: > This is really terrifying. How could anyone with the faintest grasp of the > current state of the art in computers be duped into thinking that NT is stable > enough to trust a life to it? Convincing the USAF that NT is stable was bad > enough. I hope

Re: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat (http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/

1998-04-27 Thread Michael Jinks
Simon Liddington wrote: > But this has been a "weird" year for IT, Andreessen said, taking jabs > at Microsoft's announcement that Windows was going to be used in the > medical industry in devices like heart monitors--"a product that > creates its own market (because) you have heart probl

Re: Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat (http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/

1998-04-27 Thread Simon Liddington
"Beth Gemeny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thought you all might find this interesting... > http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/body.pl?ID=980424133938 I liked this Quote on this web page: But this has been a "weird" year for IT, Andreessen said, taking jabs at Microsoft's announcem

Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat (http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/

1998-04-27 Thread Beth Gemeny
Thought you all might find this interesting... -Beth Gemeny Systems Administrator Health Hero Network, Inc. http://www.pcworld.com/cgi-bin/database/body.pl?ID=980424133938 Linux Is Windows NT's Biggest Threat.url