I think without an active project creating any business model would be an act of extreme futility. It is possible to make money from an active open source project in different ways, but first get an active project :-)
On 23 September 2014 17:59, Elpidio Latorilla <elpidio.latori...@gmail.com> wrote: > perhaps the business model needs to be changed first... regards. > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:36 AM, t...@weberpafrica.com > <t...@weberpafrica.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Mauri, >> >> Thanks for your reply, and I hope all is well with you and your wife. >> >> I agree that there is definitely a need for this software, and as I >> said in my email care2x is definitely the most feature rich of the >> HIS. However my experience is that nobody will fund what appears to be >> a dead project. >> >> We need to show signs of an active project first. >> >> Thanks >> Tim >> >> On 23 September 2014 15:33, Mauri Niemi <mauri.ni...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Hi Tim, >> > >> > We had plans two years ago to update the whole source code but the plans >> > were changed after we left Tanzania. Last year we looked funding from >> > Finnish government for another project, but it was not accepted and we >> > sent >> > another application and decision will be made end of this year. If that >> > will >> > be rejected then it is all up to you volunteers if you want to work on >> > the >> > code. >> > I believe there is need for this kind of software specially in countries >> > which cannot afford to invest in much more expensive commercial >> > software. >> > >> > Mauri >> > >> > 2014-09-23 14:24 GMT+03:00 t...@weberpafrica.com <t...@weberpafrica.com>: >> >> >> >> The recent emails regarding care2x in Argentina, and the low level of >> >> response reminded me that I have been meaning to send this email for >> >> sometime. >> >> >> >> Having spoken to some Universities recently the general opinion seems >> >> to be that Care2x rates very highly amongst open source HIS in terms >> >> of the amount of functionality, but most people tell me they believe >> >> the project to be dead. >> >> >> >> Is this true? >> >> >> >> I know Moye and others are working on the East African branch, that >> >> Gjergj is working with Albanian hospitals, and Robert is working in >> >> Germany but in overall project terms activity is very low. Emails to >> >> this mailing list rarely get answered, and the web site has not been >> >> updated in a long time. >> >> >> >> There has been intermittent discussions for many years about a rewrite >> >> from scratch but I do not see any progress on this and I think if it >> >> was going to be achieved it would be - Sorry if that sounds harsh but >> >> as can be seen here >> >> >> >> >> >> http://sourceforge.net/p/care2002/mailman/care2002-developers/?style=flat&viewmonth=200803&viewday=8 >> >> this is a very very old topic in care2x. >> >> >> >> That leaves taking the current code and moving it on. This is a big >> >> job as PHP/mysql has moved on a long way and a lot of stuff that >> >> existing care2x depends on is now deprecated and even removed. If you >> >> don't believe me set error_reporting to -1 and set display_errors to >> >> On in PHP and then try using Care2x. I tried sending emails to the >> >> list a few months ago to try and generate discussion and help on these >> >> issues but got very few replies and even less help. Just getting it >> >> working with PHP 5.5 would be a time consuming job that requires a >> >> dedicated group of people. The work is not that tough, but there is a >> >> lot and is too much for one person. >> >> >> >> So what do people see as the future of Care2x? Is there a group of >> >> people interested in working on bringing the current code up to >> >> scratch? >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> Tim >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Course View Towers, >> >> Plot 21 Yusuf Lule Road, >> >> Kampala >> >> T +256 (0) 312 314 418 >> >> M +256 (0) 752 963 325 >> >> www.weberpafrica.com >> >> @TimSchofield2 >> >> Blog: http://weberpafrica.blogspot.co.uk/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Meet PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance Requirements with EventLog Analyzer >> >> Achieve PCI DSS 3.0 Compliant Status with Out-of-the-box PCI DSS >> >> Reports >> >> Are you Audit-Ready for PCI DSS 3.0 Compliance? 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