[nycbug-talk] interesting read

[Bob Ippolito]

On May 21, 2005, at 11:01 AM, alex at pilosoft.com wrote:

> On Sat, 21 May 2005, Dru wrote:
>
>
>> On Sat, 21 May 2005 alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Sat, 21 May 2005, Dru wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://homepage.mac.com/yaztromo/iblog/C721686556/E320292175/
>>>>
>>> Frankly, in healthcare, for life-critical applications, there isn't
>>> all that much benefit for going with open sores.
>>>
>>> I'll ask you this: Will you trust your life to an open-source
>>> application?
>>>
>>
>> Let's keep in mind that the trustworthiness of a life-critical
>> application has everything to do with how that program was written  
>> and
>> absolutely nothing to do with the license under which it was  
>> released.
>>
> Okay. Back to original question. What is the benefit for you to be  
> able to
> recompile source code for your pacemaker?

Independent audits.

-bob