On 7/29/05, Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can't repeat this often enough: TCP/IP facilities in MUMPS are very > primitive, so programmers will always find themselves relying on ad hoc > mechanisms such as this. Ok, now this is quite nice I guess. In my personal opinion OpenVistaServer is quite lucky to still only have very primitive TCP/IP facilities. To me that means the way to go is still very open!
So I would like to take this opportunity to make a suggestion or ask a few questions: Why not focus on a modern OpenSource Technology/ Protocol that Linux is building on/with as well; like Rsync, SSH, GPG? With Rsync, SSH and GPG you get security, speed and reliability and another good community connection, that I'm sure is willing to provide thier technology for the OpenVista Server. I believe that the connection between client (ie Windwos GUI) and server (ie Linux) will be one of the very most _utmost_ used basic features in OpenVista. Just making that connection work reliably will lay the foundation for many User Stories and services. Imagine the data of a patient being transfered encrypted over the network to the computer of another doctor (ie. via the internet or the local network). With GPG these connections can always be made encrypted for every single user. I can tell from what I have seen in Switzerland, that the PGP (GPG in Linux) encryption works very well for encrypting and transferring patient data over the network, local or internet. What I do not like about the solution in Switzerland is, that the solutions provider is a) just on company not going open source and b) not yet thinking too much in Open Standards. Also the actual software running on the doctors desktop does not yet connect that well with encryption technology that transfers the data over the internet for example to the insurance company. With a small markets as Switzerland (8 Mio population) that may work in the beginning but not for the long run. That is why I'm so interested in OpenVista ;)! Thanks Zeno ------------------------------------------------------- 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
