RE: Use Cases for Encapsulation and Identification

[Christopher Nelson]

> > However, to play along: The computer that runs this 
> application will 
> > in all likelihood not be a general- or even 
> multiple-purpose computer.
> > (To use it for more than one purpose could already constitute a 
> > violation of the regulation, because it increases the risk of a 
> > compromise).
> 
> Marcus: you do not know what you are talking about. In the 
> real world, these computers are so overwhelmingly 
> multipurpose that it is a wonder that the hospital operates 
> at all. Perhaps you imagine that money grows on trees. I 
> actually do some work with people at the Johns Hopkins 
> Hospital. Believe me when I tell you that your statement is 
> uninformed fantasy.

I would also like to second this.  My sister is a nurse, and she calls
me from time to time to ask for help on her *work* computer, which is
running Windows.  

Also, I just visted the doctor and we were talking about their software.
The computer *in his office* where he keeps his records about me, which
he entered as he was talking to me, runs Windows.

As Shap mentioned, these are as multipurpose as they get.

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