I mean this guy is full of crap in multiple areas, obviously. Lives on the line is such a nebulous concept. My life is on the line everytime I elect to go out on the roads. The registration person or computer at the front desk mixing up patient records can ultimately put “lives on the line”. Should we only use QNX there? (I know some who answer that yes).

But Linux has a role outside non realtime critical life sustaining medical devices, which I’m just pointing out to anchor some of their foolishness to reality. It does appear that they actually have done medical device consulting with Linux based frontends.

EMRs are not classified as medical devices (that’s a whole nother thing), but your doctor (or intensivist) is likely making medical decisions based on a system running Windows possibly in their personal machine through Citrix or similar.

I totally agree harping on “type safety” for C/C++ development is completely stupid. And just cuz this guy works on medical devices doesn’t mean they’re working on the critical “life on the line” shit.