Watching the discussion on this list, I'm not at all sure that #2 isn't
the majority opinion!
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Gregory Woodhouse
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On Apr 25, 2005, at 5:19 AM, JohnLeo Zimmer wrote:
Of course, the name is just bath water and must not obscure the core
reality which, IMHO, is not the mere software stack (Linux/M/VistA) but
rather that marvelous artifact <<within the milieu which crafted it>>.
error:
#1 "We can just plug the stack into just any non-VHA hospital and
expect
it to work better than, say, Cerner."
#2 "The software stack is more valuable than the development method."
#3 "It's impossible to recreate the old VA's milieu in the outside
world."
IF #1, pray that the first few implementations are sufficently
successfull for our many medical communities to not be frightened off
by
the expensive lessons that will be learned yet again. We need those few
icebreaker implementations to do well enough that the world takes
notice.
IF #2, look elsewhere for the future.
IF #3, just watch us.
jlz
"born at the right time"
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