Hi Tim, I stand corrected - a slip of the fingers - I understand there are all sorts of ways to skin the Open Source Cat.
Cheers David ---- Dr David G More MB, PhD, FACHI Phone +61-2-9438-2851 Fax +61-2-9906-7038 Skype Username : davidgmore E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HealthIT Blog - www.aushealthit.blogspot.com On Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:11:15 +1000, Tim Churches wrote: > 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 >>> > > __________ NOD32 2210 (20070422) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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