Re: Getting on with Things

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Wed, 09 March 2016 17:03 UTC

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Adrian Farrel wrote:
> This approach worries me. While the manufacturer might not object to this, the user and the system integrator should. The fact that a device was manufactured for foo should not stop it being used for bar. 

... and here we have the tussle.

Grüße, Carsten