[Info-vax] Meditech in the news

[Simon Clubley]

On 2022-01-07, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 1/7/2022 2:46 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2022-01-07, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Some people may prefer to have the computer do as much of the work as possible.
>>> While you may prefer something like Ada, many do not agree with you.
>>>
>>
>> When you are writing critical applications, you don't take the
>> quick approach but you take the robust approach.
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>
> Are you implying that computers cannot be robust?
>

Please see the HPE caused disaster that Arne has posted.

That should never have happened and based on what has been posted
would not have happened if a simple bash switch had been turned on.

Unfortunately, it looks like someone took the quick approach
when developing that script. Given how critical it was that script
worked correctly, it should have been designed with a robustness
first mindset and should have been reviewed to allow suggestions for
how to make the script as robust as possible.

Simon.

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