--- Valerie Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The news article at > http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/01/stories/2006060104180200.htm > my be useful for the Hardhats page. > > Valerie > Certainly, there must be some formal studies into cost of ownership. My own "back of the envelope" estimates indicate that maintaining a VistA system is by no means cheap. On the other hand, with a proprietary solution, you'll end up paying for the same thing in the form of licensing fees, support and upgrades. There doesn't seem to be any obvious way to estimate the difference in cost of ownership of comparable (whatever that means) open source and proprietary systems. === Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Metaphors be with you. _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
