Re: Prevent running in Rosetta
Re: Prevent running in Rosetta
- Subject: Re: Prevent running in Rosetta
- From: Clark Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:28:21 -0500
2006/1/17, Andrew Farmer <email@hidden>:
> On 17 Jan 06, at 11:06, Kevin Boyce wrote:
> >> Well, I may be a usability nerd, but I'm also a firm believer in
> >> letting the
> >> user shoot themselves in the foot when they want to.
> >
> > Um, in the example given above, it's not a matter of shooting
> > oneself in the foot, but of shooting an innocent patient in the
> > [fill in the blank], with high-energy photons.
> >
> >> Warning the user that
> >> they're on thin ice but still allowing that they run the app if
> >> they feel
> >> the need is fair enough for me.
> >
> > Not if we're talking about radiation treatment.
>
> If you're using a Mac for radiation treatment or similar high-risk
> applications, you're working outside the license anyway:
>
> "THE APPLE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN THE OPERATION OF
> NUCLEAR FACILITIES, AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, AIR
> TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES OR OTHER EQUIPMENT IN
> WHICH THE FAILURE OF THE APPLE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH, PERSONAL
> INJURY, OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE."
IANAL, but as I understand it, that only limits Apple's liability; it
doesn't make it impossible or illegal to make such a system (note the
wording "is not intended"; this is different from the "you may not"
from the preceding sentence in the same paragraph). This just means
that Apple cannot be held responsible if such injury or damage should
occur. I know for a fact that there exist FDA approved radiation
treatment planning systems that run primarily on MacOSX (and NextSTEP
before that).
--
Clark S. Cox III
email@hidden
My CV/Resume:
http://homepage.mac.com/clarkcox3/files/Resume.pdf
http://homepage.mac.com/clarkcox3/files/Resume.html
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