Horst Herb wrote:
There is choice as long as you are not locked in - and currently virtually
every single GP you ask when questioned why not chnagng the product they seem
to detest so much is that there is no safe and easy migration path to
alternatives
Horst,
This is an interesting but depressing observation in the context of the
discussion in hand.
What you have really touched on is the stagnation of the GP clinical
system marketplace because a real path forward can't be identified. All
the paths on offer seem to risk leading back to a similar quagmire.
I think that any new players will have to look very carefully at what
they offer, and it seems to me that if Simon's two new players end up
producing two new versions of the 'same-old, same-old', then their
chances of surviving are very poor indeed.
Every new player claims revolutionary new features and unparalleled
functionality and stability, but I think the market has become jaded by
such claims, which they've heard ad nauseam, hence the stagnation.
Contrary to what Simon has asserted, a really radical FOSS solution
might work in gaining market share, but that leaves us wondering where
it will emerge from.
Greg
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