On 12/02/2007, at 4:52 PM, Richard Terry wrote:
The state of all the major players (except Profile which I think is
conceptually light years ahead of anything on the market - but has
enough
deficiencies to make using it difficult in Australia) is woefull.
We are now stuck with MDW for at least the next decade. Most of the
available
software is 'kindergarten software', with a long history of 'bolt on
solutions', because they programs lack conceptual vision.
While I don't disagree that there is room for an OS product in the
market, you are too hard or don't know enough about Genie and Totalcare.
Although tied to a 'quirky' database engine, Genie works very well
and generally receives nothing but praise from its users. It's
developed quickly - Argus was integrated more than a year ago for
example. 4D are right into web enabling existing databases and I
expect Genie will continue to be quick to market with these sort of
features.
Totalcare is a modular product whose footprints are still small
enough to load exes across a network. It's so highly configurable
that most clinical users take a year to wrap their head around it.
Power users should apply.
These two products share some interesting symptoms:
They are cross-platform, to differing degrees.
Compared to MSSQL products, they are much easier to work with at a
database level - backup and restore are flexible but largely
foolproof, upgrades are trivial, tools are provided.
Their users are happy and well supported. (or perhaps because they
are well supported)
Tech support time is minimal.
They no longer target the GP market, despite being priced competitively.
cheers,
Peter.
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