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  • magic_lobster_party@kbin.runtoLinux@lemmy.mlLinux in hospitals?
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    3 months ago

    I can give some guesses on 2.

    • Familiarity. Most people are familiar using Windows. Nurses aren’t necessarily tech savvy, so an unfamiliar system might threw them off.
    • Maintenance. It’s easier to recruit people who know how to maintain Windows systems. Linux is tricky because it comes in so many different distributions, and any maintainer must be aware of these differences.
    • UI sucks big time on Linux. It’s so much easier and reliable to just do a winform.
    • Communication with other equipment. I guess some computers are talking to other medical equipment, and those equipment might only have drivers written in Windows, because that’s what most are using.
    • If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. Why change to Linux when Windows is doing the job?