Re: [d@DCC] Health privacy and license agreements

From: Michael Richardson <mcr _-at-_ sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
To: General Discussion <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 22:23:11 -0500

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>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Skala <mskala@ansuz.sooke.bc.ca> writes:
    Matthew> No doubt a lot of agencies would look for loopholes to allow them to use
    Matthew> Windows computers to store confidential medical data; but we shouldn't let
    Matthew> them, because this type of license agreement *is* a serious threat to
    Matthew> patient privacy (do you trust Microsoft to be *able* to maintain privacy,
    Matthew> even if you do trust them to *make a sincere attempt*?) and it's a good
    Matthew> argument in favour of open source.

  Well no.

  It is an argument for not using Windows. There are plenty of additional
arguments why Windows should be excised from our hospitals - simply put, the
systems were not secure enough EULA or not, to hold medical data.
 
  The argument for using Linux/*BSD/ThinClients/etc. vs HP Workstations or
OS/390+3270 terminals is a TCO one, and the comparisons are pretty close, and
depend heavily upon precisely what the configuration is.

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