Every wrong decisions require corrective actions to take place, that may be much more uncomfortable and more expensive. That's why good decisions should be made with long-term view.
It looks like the medical personnels believe patching is the only way to stop the consequences of the wrong decision that has been plaguing them, while the device manufacturers believe delaying the patch will prolong the wrong decision from becoming worse.
I would say for the short-term, use the band-aid solution of patching and solve any problems that arise from patching. For the long-term, let the manufacturer develop with the right platform. But let both the hospital and the manufacturer liable for any problems arising with patching.
Anyway they decide, it will be expensive and uncomfortable, because of the fundamental problem of the wrong choice.
I dual-boot to linux in all the Windows PC (Every PC has linux boot) then use ssh/rsync to backup the whole Windows directory. Of course all windows partition must be FAT32 (even for WinXP) or something read/writable by linux. Then ssh reboot to Windows.
Nothing fancy to do on Windows. It takes 10 to 30 minutes to restore Windows to the way it was exactly when it was backed up, including XP. Without linux, it would have taken a whole day with all the patches, drivers, exact configuration, applications install, more patches, etc. etc.
My first 10 for WinXP, besides driver updates and bug/security fixes:
directX Apple Quicktime 2.1.2 16-bit and 32-bit Apple Quicktime 3.0.1 Netscape 7.1 RealOne Player Apple Quicktime 6.3 Macromedia ShockWave, Flash+Authorware Player OpenOffice 1.1 Ssh TightVNC
Just enough to run games, educational softwares, and occasional remote GUI connection to linux.
For Linux (again besides security/bug fixes and drivers):
phpgroupware phpMyAdmin Macromedia Flash player RealOne player 8 cabextract msttfont Adobe Acrobat Reader avview dvgrab kino
BTW, most of what I need are auto-installed by initial linux distribution installation, so I only listed what I had to install afterwards.
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Every wrong decisions require corrective actions to take place, that may be much more uncomfortable and more expensive. That's why good decisions should be made with long-term view.
It looks like the medical personnels believe patching is the only way to stop the consequences of the wrong decision that has been plaguing them, while the device manufacturers believe delaying the patch will prolong the wrong decision from becoming worse.
I would say for the short-term, use the band-aid solution of patching and solve any problems that arise from patching. For the long-term, let the manufacturer develop with the right platform. But let both the hospital and the manufacturer liable for any problems arising with patching.
Anyway they decide, it will be expensive and uncomfortable, because of the fundamental problem of the wrong choice.
I dual-boot to linux in all the Windows PC (Every PC has linux boot) then use ssh/rsync to backup the whole Windows directory. Of course all windows partition must be FAT32 (even for WinXP) or something read/writable by linux. Then ssh reboot to Windows.
Nothing fancy to do on Windows. It takes 10 to 30 minutes to restore Windows to the way it was exactly when it was backed up, including XP. Without linux, it would have taken a whole day with all the patches, drivers, exact configuration, applications install, more patches, etc. etc.
My first 10 for WinXP, besides driver updates and
bug/security fixes:
directX
Apple Quicktime 2.1.2 16-bit and 32-bit
Apple Quicktime 3.0.1
Netscape 7.1
RealOne Player
Apple Quicktime 6.3
Macromedia ShockWave, Flash+Authorware Player
OpenOffice 1.1
Ssh
TightVNC
Just enough to run games, educational softwares,
and occasional remote GUI connection to linux.
For Linux (again besides security/bug fixes and
drivers):
phpgroupware
phpMyAdmin
Macromedia Flash player
RealOne player 8
cabextract
msttfont
Adobe Acrobat Reader
avview
dvgrab
kino
BTW, most of what I need are auto-installed by
initial linux distribution installation, so I only
listed what I had to install afterwards.