Antas, you're my man! :-) Just one question, what about postgresql support and how does that work?
info: Compiere took oracle as database so that they don't have to think about the support for the database... Emir > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > It would be much easier to covert AWAY from Cache... I've already done > it for several hospitals. > And in the process one could always try to convert them to the open > source methodology... > > > A little history... there used to be several M vendors, then > Intersystems (makers of Cache) purchased all of them... > So did MySQL (part of the Berkely DB engine,InnoDB, SAP DB, etc.) > >... they gouge pricing and support options. > So does MySQL > > Intersystems boasts the fastest database speeds, > That is interesting... so did MySQl. Do we have a pattern here? > > > I do feel however, that Cache is a bad platform to consider. > > All proprietary systems aim to lock-in their customers. > Some of them try hard to sweeten that with... better support, > documentation, development tools. > Others don't even bother to try. > > The healthcare industry has been (traditionally) an easy catch for > opportunists. > > When thinking of healthcare information systems (HIS) one must keep it > simple and straightforward. If we need a database management system to > reliably support a HIS we can go either: > a) proprietary with Oracle or IBM db; > b) open source with postgreSQL > > Of course, there will always be people ready to convince other people to > spend insane amounts of time and money with the most strange things (I > have even seen someone trying to convince a small clinic to dive into > dBASE/Clipper... and that more then 10 years after those applications > official death). > > Best regards, > > J. Antas > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Care2002-developers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers > -- NEU +++ DSL Komplett von GMX +++ http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl GMX DSL-Netzanschluss + Tarif zum superg�nstigen Komplett-Preis! ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
