[39869] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: product liability (was 'we should all be uncomfortable with
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Hollis)
Wed Jul 25 17:12:16 2001
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:03:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net>
To: Michael Airhart <mairhart@cisco.com>
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On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Michael Airhart wrote:
> The analogy is further flawed in that the comparison is between problems in
> the real world that can cause real injury or death to real people versus a
> piece of software that operates in a virtual world...
m$ stuff is being used in flight control systems now, if I remember
correctly. the navy also had a spin using nt in a "smart ship" trial, much
to their detriment.
-Dan
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