Ah...but it is old technology. Of course, so is the wheel.

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> Kevin,
> 
> You are battling an age-old predjudice against M. It seems M was
> considered
> "old technology" (by the un-informed), before it was old ! I think
> alot of
> the predjudice goes back to the poorly chosen (IMO) name of MUMPS,
> for the
> language.
> Had it has been named "Laser" or maybe just "M" in the beginning, it
> might
> have enjoyed
> a different trajectory.
> 
> Certainly the biggest M vendor understands the marketing difficulties
> with
> system based on
> MUMPS. One has to look hard for any references to it in their
> marketing
> material. Instead,
> it is called post-relational, object oriented, and multi-dimensional.
> All of
> which is true.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
> Joseph
> Dal Molin
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:48 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] We need a news stories library
> 
> 
> Consider it done Kevin....great idea....especially the part about 
> delegating Nancy to do the work :-)
> 
> Joseph
> 
> Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
> > Someone from my group was grumbling recently that VistA is going to
> be a 
> > bad option for our group because is it "old technology."
> >  
> > And then Bhaskar posts regarding a Thai Bank converting to GT.M. 
> And 
> > Nancy regularly posts ongoing news about VistA etc.
> >  
> > Could we start a subpage on the WorldVistA web site that lists
> these 
> > news stories, so I could take someone there and show them at a
> glance 
> > all the ongoing activity?  It would help prove that M / VistA is
> not
> "dead".
> >  
> > I'd like to nominate Nancy to be the one to regularly add to such a
> 
> > page.. :-)   Nancy, you can thank me later.  LOL!
> >  
> > Kevin
> >  
> >  
> > 
> >
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