RE: M$oft Word to XML or HTML conversion

Hi, Tim has a point with OpenOffice 2, but be aware that the beta version is buggy (I got tired of it bombing out on me and removed it until a more stable version is avaiable). In particular, I found it nearly impossible to open large files (I have lots of Excel pivot table files in the 50-300MB

FW: [ANNOUNCE] PostgreSQL 8.0.0 Released

comment about their stress-testing of PostgreSQL 7 on Linux and Windows some time back - do you have a piece of text describing HOW you did that, by the way?) Regards Calle *** Calle Hedberg 46D Alma Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21

RE: interesting: IBM Linux Client Migration Cookbook

Hi, Mm - I don't think PostgreSQL as a competitor is the determining issue. SAP released MaxDB because (I presume) the company saw it as a strategic advantage vis a vis major (potential) competitors like ORACLE/MS/IBM. Their main sales focus is ERM application suites, not DBMSs. If IBM decides

Re: Virtual Privacy Machine and USB speed

Hi, Tim Ch wrote: OK, I'll try it again on some other machines. The memory stick was running at USB 2.0 speed, though (the LED in it glows a different colour depending on whether it is being accessed at USB 1.1 or 2.0 speeds). I cannot say anything about these VPN apps, but I find that external

Re: web based applications and PRINTING

Jim Calle Hedberg wrote: One of our applications - a Web Pivot Reporter that functionally mimicks Excel Pivot tables in a browser environments Very interesting. Can you tell us more about your implemention of it and how/where it is used now that your people have had more time to learn it? What

Re: web based applications and PRINTING

like PDF (save HTML to PDF and then print the PDF), but it's a hassle. Regards calle * Calle Hedberg 46D Alma Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472; Cell: +27-82-853-5352 *

Re: CPOE time studies.

Andres, even without reading it, i won't take the 1994 study very seriously, just because the interfaces that were and weren't available at that time and the general illiteration around computers then. There might have been some improvement in interfaces during the last 10 years, but I haven't

Re: Complete country-wide open source medical systems installation in 90 days

Hi, Sorry - am preparing for some work in Swaziland so I did not see the follow up before now. But Tim is largely correct, 90% of our data is aggregated management data. I would not use the term simple about some of the querying, but the DHIS is a sort of hybrid data collection data warehouse

Re: Complete country-wide open source medical systems installation in 90 days

Wayne, I have seen far too many systems over-specified and operating practices overly elaborate not based on any functional evidence, but based purely on theoretical considerations allowing no compromises to be made. Theoretical considerations, taste, personal experiences, prejudice - far too

Re: Complete country-wide open source medical systems installation in 90 days

have been sniffing at MaxDB (formerly SAPdb), but it seems like a very complicated DBMS. Obviously, HMIS systems have less data (a few million records, usually) than EPR systems. Regards calle * Calle Hedberg 46D Alma Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA

Re: More US patent madness

Hi, ~ According to the International Organization for Migration, the number of migrants has more than doubled worldwide over the last 35 years. Migrants now account for one out of every 35 people, some 2.9% of the World population. Up to the year 2000, here are leading areas for current

Re: HXP

haven't stopped recommending OIO for everything under the sun evil grin Regards calle - Original Message - From: Andrew Ho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Calle Hedberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 4:42 PM Subject: Re: HXP On Sat, 1 May 2004, Calle Hedberg

Re: poor IT = poor system architecting and risk management?

Hi, The eGov discussion forum run by the Univ of Manchester group (Richard Heeks et al) contains a wealth of experiences and info related to this discussion: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/egov4dev/ Regards calle

Re: Australian OpenEHR implementation, was Re: Typed untyped languages

). In developing countries, for instance, it is of crucial importance that OS opens up for the development of local IS/IT businesses that are NOT just local subsidiaries of global companies. Best regards Calle * Calle Hedberg 46D Alma Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA

Re: Database comparison question

and switched focus to business deals and their strategic alliance with SAP (MaxDB). Nothing wrong with that, but Since you seems to be very well informed: do you know WHEN 4.1 and 5.0 respectively will reach production status? Best regards calle * Calle

Re:help with SQL syntax

, but cannot make it return what I need: (cast(DATEPART(, ValidTo) as nvarchar(4)) + '/' + cast(DATEPART(MM, ValidTo) as nvarchar(2)) + '/' + cast(DATEPART(dd, ValidTo) as nvarchar(2))) as PeriodEnd Any good ideas? regards calle * Calle Hedberg 46D

Re: Some user stuff: 2) the 80:20 rule and interface speed

* Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472; Cell: +27-82-853-5352 * - Original Message - From: Thomas Beale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Open Health List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: Kaiser Permanente project analysis

Hi, For those of you interested in an in-depth analysis of the Kaiser Permanente project, you can download the textual version of Judith Gregory's Ph.D. dissertation called Sorcerer's Apprentice: Creating the Electronic Health Record, Re-inventing Medical Records and Patient Care, Dept of

Re: Function Points in an EHR

important than technical excellence in determining winners and losers. Best regards Calle * Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472; Cell: +27-82-853-5352 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: HIMSS launches task force for national health information network

with the Command-in-Chief on top. But have they been able to co-ordinate their informations systems? Best regards Calle * Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472; Cell: +27-82-853-5352 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: FDA requirements

. Regards calle * Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472; Cell: +27-82-853-5352 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: .net cost

Hi, I would first ask how they added things up to get to $2Billion.but then does it really matter they probably pay their accountants and lawyers more than the GNP of most small countries. Ah.. but what we could do with that kind of money I can't resist: With that kind of money,

Re: Ontologies and Linguistics

is no different from other UN Organisations: They are happy to provide support to developing countries, but only on their own terms. Regards calle * Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472; Cell: +27-82-853-5352

Re: Public health applications?

suggest any detailed discussions on e.g. interfacing your Supply Chain Manager with the DHIS in Malawi or Ghana should be off list (my email address is below). Regards Calle * Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27

To Andrew, Ignacio, Tim and others - PLEASE TAKE YOUR SQUABBLESELSEWHERE

Hi, The constant bickering between some people on this list is annoying. And it's totally counterproductive, OK? Sniping and back-stabbing are NOT the best ways to attract collaborators. Regards Calle * Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans Road, 7700 Rosebank

Re: secure firewall and disenfranchised doctors

Hi, Physicians are the most disenfranchised group in society. Open source must change that. That's the joke of the day, for sure. Disenfranchised? Doctors? It has taken several decades to pull them down from their previous divine status (together with priests etc), to become professionals

StarOffice status

, which we are using extensively for user-friendly data analysis). More like Quattro anno 1992. After that, Sun took it over but I don't know what they have done with it. So, have any of you evaluated it recently? Regards calle * Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans

Re: Encryption in PC based systems

of standard SQL-compliant Data Base Management Systems? I don't care if the development environment (tool) is proprietary, as long as we can use it to develop an encryption scheme/tool that can be distributed for free. Best regards calle * Calle Hedberg 3

Re: OSCAR lessons learned

training, etc). Regards Calle ***** Calle Hedberg 3 Pillans Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472; Cell: +27-82-853-5352 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *

Re: Encryption in PC based systems

Tim, Always a pleasure to read your postings! You write that: It does raise the issue of security for primary care systems. A PC is a much more desirable target for thieves than a cabinet of 5 by 8 filing cards, or manilla folders, or whatever pen-and-paper medical record system the PC

Re: Unix and the zoo of languages, a view

Horst wrote: Personally, I still think that chosing a language is a secondary task. Being able to formulate a thought process, pinning it down to a computable algorithm, that is the main thing. No, the MAIN thing is to be able to understand real work processes (the workplace logic) on the

Re: medical informatics

Hi, No sense of humour during Christmas time? Too cold up there? Regards merry christmas Calle - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 11:51 PM Subject: Re: medical informatics In a message dated 12/20/2000 3:38:56 PM