Greg; How do you think Fidelity (Sanchez and GT.m) makes their money? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] == VistaWeb Missing Apps ==
> I was initially surprised to learn that MUMPS was being used for > financial/banking applications, but when you think about it, it makes > sense. The patterns of use and data organization have a lot in common > with health information systems. > > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "And the end of all our exploring > will be to arrive where we started > And know the place for the first time" -- T.S. Eliot > > > > On Jun 12, 2005, at 6:54 PM, Chris Richardson wrote: > > > Ruben; > > > > I have to mention at this point that the British Stock Exchange is > > actually being run on MUMPS. Earlier someone said that not all > > banks run > > MUMPS. This is a correct statement, but they can also spend a lot > > more > > money for less service than if they were using MUMPS technology. > > Back in > > 1977, when I worked for Shared Medical Systems out of King of > > Prussia, PA, > > we had an average of 15 minutes from report of a database or > > application > > problem to its successful resolution on the M systems at remote > > sites. On > > our Cobol systems, 3 day turnaround was the norm. Obviously the > > traditional support has gotten better, but it would be interesting > > to see > > what the up-times are like as well as the mean times to repair. A > > database > > which is not available does not help care for patients. > > > > As for the purpose of a database is not just to storage, preserve, and > > validate data. A database also needs to be able to preserve the > > relationships of data to other data, and to explolit those > > relationships to > > gain insight into the meaning of that data. Often those insights > > are not > > originally built into the design of the data structures. The > > database needs > > to allows for the ad hoc representation to extract that meaning. > > > > Best wishes; Chris > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput > a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? > If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. > Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
