[Info-vax] OpenVMS Development Annoyances

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/21/2019 11:30 AM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> On Sunday, February 10, 2019 at 7:49:13 PM UTC-6, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> I think the example is a bit off track.
>>
>> I think we are looking at 3 different types of systems:
>>
>> A) An on-premise general purpose OS business grade
>>      application connectivity via general internal network.
>> B) An in-cloud general purpose OS business grade
>>      application connectivity via internet and general
>>      internal network.
>> C) An embedded real time OS life dependent application
>>      connectivity via dedicated wire.

> Embedded real life dependent applications don't connect via dedicated
> wire. At least none have in the decade I've been involved developing
> them. They power down the wifi radio until they need something, power
> it up, then reach out to a previously hard configured address on a
> local network. No inbound connections allowed. I've not even seen one
> which was allowed to use DNS. Well, you might get DNS through if all
> you are doing is a data dump, but if you are pulling down control
> information I seriously doubt anyone could adequately mitigate that
> risk the mandatory FDA documentation.
The topic was "computer controlled surgery".

I would have thought that used a wire not a WiFi wakeup
and connect.

But ...

Arne