Re: MDs & Dentists

From	"James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: MDs & Dentists
Date	2021-07-21 18:40 +0200
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"Immutable backups." Interesting concept. But how? Optical media? 
Enormous decks of Hollerith cards? Enormous reels of punched paper tape?

So far as I'm aware, there is *only one* operating system currently in 
wide use, that has never been successfully infected with malware outside 
of laboratory experiments: the IBM Midrange operating system that goes 
by such names as OS/400 and i5OS (among others, and although I work with 
it on a daily basis, I've long-since given up keeping track of what IBM 
is calling it in any given week).

But Linux comes a lot closer to being malware-secure than WinDoze, or 
even Mac OS, which is one reason why, with my "bionic desk lamp" iMac on 
its last legs, instead of buying another Mac, or a WinDoze box, I bought 
a Meerkat.

As to MDs and Dentists making poor decisions where computers are 
concerned, it's not just healthcare professionals: over a quarter 
century ago, I spent about a year trying to fix the hidden flaws in a 
small business accounting program. It had been written, not by a 
programmer, but by an accountant. In C. It was his first non-trivial 
program in a language other than BASIC. And it ran on the Amiga. 
Aggressively multitasking within itself, on a platform where there was 
no memory protection, and nothing but "good intentions" to keep one task 
from stomping all over another task's memory. It nearly killed me.

--
James H. H. Lampert

Thread

Re: MDs & Dentists Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2021-07-14 17:40 +0200
  Re: MDs & Dentists Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2021-07-14 20:30 +0200
    Re: MDs & Dentists John Hasler <john@sugarbit.com> - 2021-07-14 21:30 +0200
      Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 00:30 +0200
    Re: MDs & Dentists ellanios82 <ellanios82@gmail.com> - 2021-07-14 21:50 +0200
      Re: MDs & Dentists Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-07-14 22:00 +0200
        Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 00:40 +0200
          Re: MDs & Dentists Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-07-15 01:00 +0200
            Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 01:40 +0200
            Re: MDs & Dentists Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-07-15 02:40 +0200
              Re: MDs & Dentists Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-07-15 03:20 +0200
              Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 04:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-07-15 04:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 04:10 +0200
      Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 00:30 +0200
        Re: MDs & Dentists jeremy ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-07-15 01:10 +0200
          Re: MDs & Dentists jeremy ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-07-15 02:30 +0200
            Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 04:00 +0200
          Re: MDs & Dentists Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-07-15 03:50 +0200
            Re: MDs & Dentists Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-07-15 04:00 +0200
          Re: MDs & Dentists ellanios82 <ellanios82@gmail.com> - 2021-07-15 09:50 +0200
            Re: MDs & Dentists Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-07-15 10:10 +0200
            Re: MDs & Dentists Weaver <weaver@riseup.net> - 2021-07-15 10:10 +0200
          Re: MDs & Dentists Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2021-07-15 11:40 +0200
            Re: MDs & Dentists <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-07-15 12:30 +0200
        Re: MDs & Dentists Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-15 08:50 +0200
          Re: MDs & Dentists Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-07-20 17:40 +0200
            Re: MDs & Dentists Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 10:20 +0200
              Re: MDs & Dentists Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-07-21 17:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 17:40 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-07-21 18:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-08-01 15:40 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-08-01 16:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-08-01 16:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-08-01 18:30 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-08-01 19:10 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-01 22:30 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-01 22:50 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-08-02 15:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-08-02 15:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-08-01 18:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-08-01 15:50 +0200
                Hard to understand, being clear [ was Re: MDs & Dentists] Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-08-01 22:40 +0200
                Re: Hard to understand, being clear [ was Re: MDs & Dentists] Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-08-02 15:40 +0200
                Re: Hard to understand, being clear [ was Re: MDs & Dentists] Gunnar Gervin <dofeelok@gmail.com> - 2021-08-02 16:00 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-07-21 18:20 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2021-07-21 18:40 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-07-21 19:10 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-07-21 19:40 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-07-21 20:20 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2021-07-21 21:50 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-07-21 23:50 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-21 19:20 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 19:40 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 19:30 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-07-21 22:40 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-07-21 20:40 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-21 21:10 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2021-07-21 22:30 +0200
                Re: MDs & Dentists Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2021-07-21 21:20 +0200
        Re: MDs & Dentists Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2021-07-15 13:10 +0200
          Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 15:40 +0200
    Re: MDs & Dentists Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside <debian@polynamaude.com> - 2021-07-15 00:30 +0200

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