[TUHS] Whither Workstations? (Was Re: Demise of AT&T)

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On 2025-05-19 16:54, Dan Cross wrote:
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> Perhaps a more interesting third dimension would be safety-critical
> systems in automotive, aerospace, or medical applications. The PC in
> my doctor's office is just a small desktop thing running Windows and a
> bunch of software from EPIC, but the automagic blood pressure cuff
> with the nifty graphical display the nurse uses to take my vitals is
> something else entirely.

Everyone forgets about embedded systems.  When I was still noodling, 
there were several RTOSes that were POSIX-certified (QNX and VxWorks, 
amongst others).  Of course, these ran on the higher end 32-bit MCUs, of 
which dozens exist in modern cars.  That medical stuff probably conforms 
to IEC 62304, regardless of its internals.

S.