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From: friedl@vsi.COM (Stephen J. Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: gcc vs. commercial C compiler (Sun's)
Summary: NS did this too
Message-ID: <1038@vsi.COM>
Date: 27 Jan 89 06:18:24 GMT
References: <286@proton.UUCP> <87081@sun.uucp>
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Organization: V-Systems, Inc. -- Santa Ana, CA
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In article <87081@sun.uucp>, swilson%thetone@Sun.COM (Scott Wilson) writes:
< Perhaps it's time for software vendors to include warnings such as
< Motorola lists in the 68020 manual:
< 
< 	Motorola, Inc. general policy does not recommend the use of
< 	its components in life support applications where in a failure
< 	or malfunction of the component may directly threaten life or
< 	injury.  Per Motorola Terms and Conditions of Sale, the user
< 	of Motorola components in life support applications assumes
< 	all risk of such use and indemnifies Motorola against all
< 	damages.

National Semiconductor does (did?) have this kind of disclaimer
in their *TTL* data books.  I think you had to have a letter from
the president of NS before you could use their chips in any kind
of life-support system.

     Steve

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