Look at what Scientific Linux did - as I recall, they didn't like the changes that RHEL did (backend for OpenSSL) so they did their own respin.
THAT is what they need for the NHS, and any other industry that needs a really long support period.
RHEL gives ~10 years support, the MRI scanners etc need at least 15. On top of that, the customers also need guarantees that the vendors of the MRI scanners or whatever will keep up with this.
So - no more of using whatever library you like, or php extension - it's a case of - this is the base OS, build it on that.
This is a fuckup on so many levels - the vendors, the NHS for not giving a shit, the government for not mandating an open solution. The one I can't blame, for once, is Microsoft - they're supported XP for 13 years, thats enough.
THAT is what they need for the NHS, and any other industry that needs a really long support period.
RHEL gives ~10 years support, the MRI scanners etc need at least 15. On top of that, the customers also need guarantees that the vendors of the MRI scanners or whatever will keep up with this.
So - no more of using whatever library you like, or php extension - it's a case of - this is the base OS, build it on that.
This is a fuckup on so many levels - the vendors, the NHS for not giving a shit, the government for not mandating an open solution. The one I can't blame, for once, is Microsoft - they're supported XP for 13 years, thats enough.