The healthcare sector is hitting some hiccups trying to upgrade its
equipment to Windows 11
<https://www.computerworld.com/article/4082710/industrial-and-medical-device…>.
But then, this has happened with every major upgrade of Windows before
this; why are the same mistakes still being made?
Surely when you buy an expensive piece of equipment with an expected
useful lifetime measurable in decades and a computer at its heart,
common sense dictates that you will nail down a support contract that
will cover hardware *and* software maintenance over that lifetime, will
you not?
We have had about half a century of experience of gear like this,
since long before Microsoft came along. I wonder what lessons have been
learned ...
