David More <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The worry, as always, is finding the sponsor / funder for such a project > be it Government > or a Commercial Provider prepared to use the Open Source Model.
*An* open-source [develeopment/support/maintenance] model, not *the* open-source model. There are many such models to chose from, perhaps an infinite number, because open-source licensing allows provides a great deal of freedom. On that note, sections 4 and 5 of this article make interesting reading: http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7621761066.html Tim C > On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:28:59 +1000, David Guest wrote: > > David More wrote: > >> Maybe Greg could tell us how he would fix the problem he sees. > >> > > OK, I'll have a go. (Stop me if I've said this before.) > > Open sourced, reference implementation of electronic medical record(s) > thingie > addressing data retrieval (we know how to do that), data collaboration > (we > > think we know how that should be done but nobody has yet) and data > aggregation (as per > Jon Patrick's thread three weeks ago). It's a tough gig, requiring > > lots of testing and research, but the sooner we start the sooner will > finish. > > > > Only the government has in interest in developing the last which is > why they should fund > the research. > > > > Open sourced because everything else leads to stagnation. > > > > Does anyone actually disagree with this? > > > > David > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gpcg_talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk > > > > __________ NOD32 2210 (20070422) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
