
you ie 5.5 and windows me to view to read this image - future proof - no
So how i figure that out ? i hear you think
This image (right) is an xray stored as a png graphic layered in ie with a viewer program which glues some xml and the image together.
The danger for microsoft shareholders is that will ie 5.5 be here for the long term – no i dont think so and that also means that the medical profession needs no new ms operating system updates soon.
The machine is made by ge a huge concern, the software uses a bad microsoft standard.
Beware of microsoft for images like this will soon be unreable ‘relic’s that make hospitals expensive and help to not preserve important data. When talking of electronic records – the bad standards (probably windows me was the best ms os at the time for ge) mean that microsoft will not be getting to upgrade those licenses to medical places whatever they currently sell.
Why is this important data even now quite hard to read – should you blame ge no, but microsoft for being untrustworthy when even thinking about holding important data. Since Microsoft have no interest in legacy i suggest that storing medical records of any kind in microsoft system as being a very bad idea.
Make your own mind, but dont say i didnt warn you.