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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

3193.0. "Is HUBwatch certified by the FDA (not a joke) ?" by MARS03::THOMAS () Mon Jan 22 1996 15:05

	My customer, ELF/SANOFI (french medicine+chemical industries) wants to
be ISO 9000 certified in his plants and to be able to sell to the american
market.

	He uses HUBwatch to manage his DEChub900 Ethernet network in his plants.

	His American prospects asked to him if the FDA of the United States has
certified our HUBwatch product.

	Do you know if HUBwatch has received any quality label or approval
from the FDA?

	Thanks,

	Regards

	Bernard
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3193.1Neat question!SLINK::HOODMy God, what have I done to my spleen?Mon Jan 22 1996 16:476
Bernard:

You win the Q3 award for "Most Interesting and Unusual Question in
a Notesfile".

Tom
3193.2NETCAD::MILLBRANDTanswer mamMon Jan 22 1996 16:5310
>	His American prospects asked to him if the FDA of the United States has
>certified our HUBwatch product.

FDA = Food and Drug Administration, a federal agency of the US gov't
that approves pharmaceuticals and food labels.

While is has occasionally been suggested (in jest, of course) that the Hubwatch
team is on drugs, we have never asked them to certify this.

	:->
3193.3What actually is GMP9000?KEIKI::WHITEMon Jan 22 1996 19:036
    
    	Actually a search in AltaVista shows that GMP9000/FDA is
    (part of/related to) ISO9000 as the QS9000/Automotive is related
    to ISO9000.
    
    						Bill
3193.4This is your brain on HUBWATCH.CGOS01::DMARLOWEHave you been HUBbed lately?Tue Jan 23 1996 17:467
    Maybe we can certify that the code was written in a sterile, 9000 class
    environment??  8^)  NOT.
    
    Or maybe the FDA would consider HUBWATCH as either a stimulant or a
    depressant depending on what you are trying to do/solve?
    
    dave
3193.5This is your brain after you've debugged HUBwatch?SLINK::HOODMy God, what have I done to my spleen?Tue Jan 23 1996 18:385
>    Maybe we can certify that the code was written in a sterile, 9000 class
>    environment??  8^)  NOT.

But it was!
Oh, you said "sterile".  I thought you said "senile".
3193.6Answered off-lineSLINK::HOODMy God, what have I done to my spleen?Tue Jan 23 1996 18:391
btw, Jack Forrest answered the original note off-line.
3193.7STRWRS::KOCH_PIt never hurts to ask...Tue Jan 23 1996 22:182
    
    Is his answer a secret?
3193.8It never hurts to answer...SLINK::HOODThey call me MISTER Dilbert.Wed Jan 24 1996 02:5411
    Koch_P,
    
    I guess I was just trying not to say, "For more info, contact...". Way
    too many people have been giving me a hard time about that line lately.
    ;-{)}
    
    Perhaps Jack will post his reply (If only because it's such a neat
    question).
    
    Tom,
    The Liberal Elite.
3193.9back into Notes for a moment...NAC::FORRESTSun Jan 28 1996 05:0118
    Re .7
    
    Ted, I'm only trying to keep it a secret from you...
    
    Unfortunately, I didn't copy myself on my reply to Bernard. But the
    essence of what I said was that there are Pharmaceutical companies in
    the US using DEChub 900's (no, not as wonder drug ingredients) and
    HUBwatch to manage them. 
    
    While I am not aware of any certification process, one of these
    customers told me that he has to go through a lot of paperwork in order
    to upgrade the firmware on his hubs.
    
    Bernard, send me mail offline (NAC::FORREST) if you still need to get
    more data on this topic. Although it's fun, I'm trying to stay out of 
    Notes to get other work done.
    
    jack