Hi JD,
Welcome to the big bad world of commerce and private enterprise. It is actually quite hard to make a buck (and keep it) isn't it? So when you are in business, it pays to take a commercial view of things and make decisions based on business sense, rather than fanciful notions and nostalgia (if you want to be able to feed and shoe the family that is). Now looking at what you are wanting to do, it is quite clear that another option is to use a proper commercial service. Etiquette dictates that I don't mention the brand names of any commercial products in this forum, however I am sure that I could supply you with further details offline upon request. Take Commercial communications service product "brand X" Used by more than 60% of Australian GPs on a daily basis Free to GPs Fixed price for pathology providers (in the case of a small path provider $225 plus GST per month) Used by more than 1200 practices in Queensland alone (instant access to a large referrer base) Full 1800 support, 14 hours per day Provides copy to facility Supports HL7 or PIT delivery Fully integrated with the major GP practice management systems Provides your laboratory with a free web-based viewer so that you can see where your messaging is at any one time. Not interoperable with SMTP based systems (this is actually a big plus because SMTP systems are inherently unsuited to large scale messaging) So it actually becomes a relatively simple matter; Be swayed by emotive arguments over open source software, misguided patriotic jingoism and pay $20k for something you have to support yourself and from all accounts is a headache all round, or .......pay a modest monthly fee and get back to doing your core (money earning) activities..... Have I missed something here? Kind regards Tom Bowden CEO Brand X Ltd _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
