On Tuesday 13 December 2005 23:45, Hilmar Berger wrote: > Hi, > > I would emphasize the long-time goals more than what GNUmed can do today. > After all, we are at v0.2 and a lot of parts are still missing. > You should say that GNUmed one day is planned to be a complete EMR with > possibe integration of other software (billing etc.). Keep that short. People can visit our website to find out.
> Don't tell the world that we already have four walls, tell them we want to > build a house. > Depends on what you intend to do with it. At conferences people wnat to know what can be done now. I personally don't care about any project that potentially will rule the world one day. Those long term goals can be published in a visionary document. IMHO (!) flyers help you to to raise awareness now. I know that not all GNUmedders agree about how the message should be transported and when. All I can say that I would like to distribute the flyers with the content that answers what can be done today. > > J Busser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 6:12 PM +0100 12/9/05, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > > >I think there's need for two versions of "each". One for the > > >innocent bystander who displays a passing interest for the > > >project. That one needs to answer "what is this", "why would > > >I want this" plus a *few* pointers. > > > > Following minor editing, here is what I had written on that draft > > brochure. Feel free to suggest any improvements for the "innocent > > bystanders". > > > > GNUmed: Working internationally for patients' and doctors' benefit as > > a free EMR > > www.gnumed.org > > GNUmed - The EMR to consider > > > > Why use GNUmed? > > GNUmed can already > > - allow your existing software to co-operate > > - allow you to keep ownership and control of your patients' data > > - allow you to change support companies without fear of "lock-in" > > > > GNUmed is an "Open Source" project, which means it is built on the > > efforts of people with the best intentions for patients and doctors. > > Sounds good > > Its developers are a tiny army. Your participation will help it to > > grow faster and better. I would avoid the word army. All I can say is that stressing OpenSource concepts doesn't really help in the beginning. People are not familiar with them. I would skip the paragraph. > > > > Visit our web site. Ask any thing you like. Be brave, try it. GNUmed > > will always be free. > > > > GNUmed requirements: > > * one or more Linux or Windows computers > > * multiple-user setup requires a network > > * train and manage it yourself, or hire someone to help you > > > > Like to know more? - Just ask us! > > Sounds good > > >The other is more concrete and enlarges the pointers/data points > > >part and shortens the what/why part. > > > > Which do people think - more like > > http://salaam.homeunix.com/twiki/bin/view/Gnumed/WhatCanIActuallyDOWithG > >NUmedToday or more like the roadmap, with some extra explanation of > > limitations? less roadmap , less explanations. Let people discover those when talking to us. Worked pretty goof for Karsten and me. -- Sebastian Hilbert Leipzig / Germany [www.openmed.org] -> PGP welcome, HTML ->/dev/null ICQ: 86 07 67 86 -> No files, no URL's VoIP: callto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] My OS: Suse Linux. Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice _______________________________________________ Gnumed-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnumed-devel
