Getting Linux system approved by FDA.

[Blake Barnett]

All I can say, is be VERY careful (or liberal) with the wording you use
to get the certification.  At a past employer, they were too literal
with their definitions and we were stuck at an old version of the OS
specified, and weren't allowed to upgrade without re-certification!  So
just be careful.

I'd recommend Debian, but you'll get 20 different answers to which
distro to choose.


On Mon, 2002-08-19 at 11:13, Sundar wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Finally, I managed to convince our management to get a Linux based test 
> system to test our products(Pacemakers, De-Fibrillators.....) . Now I 
> have to decide on RedHat, SuSE or any other and get it approved by FDA. 
> I know, it's going to be a long time(6 months to an year). Documentation 
> itself is going to take atleast 3 months.  But, I guess it is better 
> late than never.
> 
> Now to the question -- Have any of you implemented the systems like 
> this(testing medical electronic equipments or electronic equipments in 
> general). We will be using LabVIEW(from National Instruments) to develop 
> the applications. I need your anecdotal experiences and others, if you 
> have come across similar situations.
> 
> And what do you think as the good company to go with. I have good 
> exposure to RedHat, decent exposure to SuSE  and played around with others.
> 
> Any pointers welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> Sundar
> 
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