Its OK to keep them informed or to consult with them, but as soon as
they have any sort of controlling interest, they will slow down the
process.
From years of experience and discussion, we know what is required.
There are lots of difficult areas such as the user interface, data
modelling/schema and decision support but the broad requirements are
fairly clear. There is a codebase in Gnumed and Horst has obviously done
a lot of work already.
I say a small controlling group of private individuals - a major issue
would be governance and how this group is constituted.
R
Tony Eviston wrote:
Horst Herb wrote:
On Tuesday 19 September 2006 17:55, Tony Eviston wrote:
a group of enthusiasts can pull it off. Getting groups with a bit more
leverage involved from the start would be desirable from my point of view.
As desirable as getting a leg amputated before you get into starting position
in a race.
If you involve such organization and their funding you will be bogged down in
endless (and fruitless) discussions, waste your energy in a zillion of
useless sub-committees, spend most of your funds on unproductive talkfests,
and you have to tip-toe through minefields of political correctness where it
becomes impossible to tell idiots that they are idiots and instead you have
to allow them to waste your time.
I think I have learnt a lot from past mistakes. What I think would work is a
small private investment buying software contractors's time to implement
specific tasks within a specific time frame.
I didn't plan that the project would be a democracy, Horst. These
organizations would be privy to the development process and have the ear
of the steering committee but it would be clear from the outset that we
are planning a model project rather than a model democracy.
Tony
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