> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Twyford > Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2007 11:38 AM > To: General Practice Computing Group Talk > Subject: Re: [GPCG_TALK] backup! - FOSS databases vs > entrenched solutions > > Andre Duszynski wrote: > > Simon says: > >> the task of migrating practices and > >> supporting dozens of extra combinations (SQL flavour x clinical > >> software version) would be huge and the payoff to the vendors > >> negligible. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Simon > >> > > ---------- > > > > Paraphrasing Lance Armstrong - it's not about the vendors. > > > > Andre. > > Andre, > > I beg to differ, it is about the vendors. Lock-in and absence > of data migration standards are very much about vendor interests. > > I constantly have doubts because we are supporting such > commercial interests, no matter what we do. > > Greg > --
Sorry Greg but the intention of the reply was that it has always been about the impost to the vendor, when we *should* be considering the opportunities for practices, GP's and patients in a potentially vibrant interoperable system of databases. "it's not about the vendors"; it should be about the management of health and not entrenched proprietary systems. Free the data and healthy bodies will follow... Andre. PLEASE NOTE: The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you receive this e-mail by mistake please notify us ASAP, and then delete this email (and any attachments). We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Any views expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of the Adelaide Western General Practice Network. _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
