Greg, Your point is quite valid, and hits to the heart of where we are headed. One of WorldVistA's primary objectives is to make VistA more "user friendly". And, in this case "user" includes installer, maintainer, etc. It may never be as simple as "click on SETUP", but we all know it can be a great deal easier than it is now. This list and its archives have help many do battle with VistA, and this paves the way toward a better, friendlier VistA.
Eventually, there will be a VistA that can be easily installed and configured; a VistA that is fully documented on the Web; a VistA that is evolving with input from around the globe. The coming months hold great promise with VistA-Office EHR and OpenVistA 4.0 both in the works. Talks with the VA about joint efforts and several international projects underway or being studied are further proof that, slow is it may be, progress is being made. Your efforts and those of many others are part of this progress. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] California's Prisons lack EMR > Have you ever considered what would happen if you tried to put a > dollar figure on the amount of effort that is expended right here on > this list in trying to make Vista work in a non-VA setting? That > effort is not free, and any effort to evaluate the cost > effectiveness of Vista as a solution needs to take that into account. > Note that I am NOT saying that Vista isn't a cost effective > alternative, only that we have a tendency to (sometimes considerably) > underestimate how much it costs to implement Vista in a new environment. > === > Gregory Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idt77&alloc_id492&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
