Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 17:07:28 +0200 From: Chris Knipe <savage@savage.za.org> To: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mailing List Etiquette was freebsd vs. netbsd Message-ID: <CA%2B4TWFtnVxjV5nypgLmkDDYQKYzUmSA8_fuRe%2BRkCurwGtT%2BxA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaX=HhXPj9CftKbaSyx_4aEmobhgGtiDTJXTUC_ohjUyROQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20200613154409.GA89618@neutralgood.org> <13115.1592302784@segfault.tristatelogic.com> <20200616071153.00006f4d@seibercom.net> <CA%2B4TWFuWN1BV=FftC1xNCYRgqwX%2BCb=wMg_L9MxFHx17Nzjm5Q@mail.gmail.com> <20200616075548.000066f1@seibercom.net> <20200616140416.bd7b8bf2.freebsd@edvax.de> <CA%2B4TWFtgaMkJWAOuvEpSg2TOo2hrG-P7EHJUigCQwgQw3iXtWQ@mail.gmail.com> <20200616142043.7d599458.freebsd@edvax.de> <CA%2B4TWFvf7w=4djQfWLtXhqmip0Rb72Js6BbOW=F_gUkufXuQFw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=AG7gi_2B0srPdJ6hGxaO%2B61APREHOL8WmUKvO8s%2Bt%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <20200616092901.000002f7@seibercom.net> <CAGBxaXkCLvpuswhLuyuRh=UeDm_Xk8JF87KURysrkPbL4Q0qEw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B4TWFt9grnS0_zhZh8ag9tGC_7xkeSVEK8EHnf=m2m-8tmsRg@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaXkWps%2BNLJvrUdnhjg2HV32cTXTRXHEjrgb%2BAaaAocFSOA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B4TWFsawpbAyTx_aro01f_0vi1%2BtQ1sfVBoDvrKD_oONX8UGQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaXnVZwPCB1Ltx6xhEyi7u0606GXNkvBTUG9FUSPrmvOjew@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B4TWFvc7YukFsxZyD0v_T7k7-O4bDLUqpttC5AFXK2hWwXqqQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAGBxaX=HhXPj9CftKbaSyx_4aEmobhgGtiDTJXTUC_ohjUyROQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> > > Unless some program was hard coded for it then the code is different. In > many legacy applications such hard codings were made to maximize > performance and/or some other reason. It is these legacy applications > that in many cases make it so the doctor's office refuses to upgrade > (usually some ancient accounting or lab management program that would cost > an arm and a leg to replace/if replaceable at all [some medical devices are > not made any more but are still in use in many doctors offices]). Public > hospitals are even worse off in terms of funding and unless serious help > from the government is forthcoming are almost certain to be unable to > upgrade to something that doesn't require an ancient TTY 33A, DEC VT100 or > something like that to be connected (they are physically incapable of > interfacing to anything else). A good case in point is the "new improved" > ventilators that Trump sent to Elmhurst Hospital (here in Queens) where > incompatible with the pre-HL7 EMR they had and that's why the governor had > to ask for more (and agent orange haid [Trump] refused because he has the > same "newer is better" attitude you have... oh and he is also an all around > idiot). > > TL;dr -- You often have very little if any choice IRL about what tech is > actually in place and 24x80 is a universal lowest common denominator and > thus it should be kept. > > Again - what does this have to do with email and 80 characters? You don't read your email on a heart monitor, do you? -- Regards, Chris Knipe
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