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Re:“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body” by llukas on Monday August 08, 2016 @10:00PM (#12252082)
What happens in closed source development model if pacemaker company ceases to develop one or goes belly up?
Re:“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body” by HeyLaughingBoy on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @12:19PM (#12255658)
Manufacturer must support the product for 10 years after the last sale. In the case that they go belly up, that I don't have experience with, but it's likely that another company would step in to fill the role. Support can be quite lucrative.
Re:“I Want to Know What Code Is Running Inside My Body” by unimpressive on Monday August 08, 2016 @10:08PM (#12252109)
Well now, this isn't quite the same thing as your normal IoT device. You would need to be Really Damn Sure any updates are bug-free before you could push them, which would take actual financial resources. Open source would help here, but not quite as much as it normally would.