Yes, Windows Causes Deaths Sometimes

"LAST year we gave an example or two of cases where Windows means death, even literally. Our society depends heavily on technology, so defective technology can make a defective society and dysfunctional healthcare system.

"Last week we wrote about a British hospital getting infected for using Windows and it was only one hospital among many whose operations got suspended due to Windows security problems. Examples include:
>* Security Links: Another Hospital Falls Prey to Windows Spyware; Another Trojan and Botnet
* US Army Becomes Zombies Army; London Hospitals Still Ill (Windows Viruses)
* NHS Never Learns: Windows Viruses Leave British Patients to Die, Again
* How Many People Must Die Before Abandoning Windows?
* Utah Has Novell, SCO, and… Conficker in the Hospitals
* New Casualties of Microsoft Windows?"

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