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Re:Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source? by josefonseca on Friday May 11, 2012 @12:51PM (#3960118)
How about the microcode on the CPU running the pacemaker's code?
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Re:Is an open-source pacemaker safer than closed-source? by derleth on Friday May 11, 2012 @01:02PM (#3960162)
Unless the CPU is a one-off pacemaker-only design, the arguments for open-source here are stronger because orders of magnitude more people would have a reason to look at the code and possibly improve it.
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