John,
I will keep that in mind over the next few weeks as I attempt to contact
others who may be interested. Now that I have gotten myself stirred up to
the idea, it looks like I will have to carry this ball a while.
>So who's going to carry the ball? I'll do anything I can to help: join
>a grant proposal, sign a letter, write a letter, whatever....
>John Gage
>
>Jim Self wrote:
>>
>> Greg Kreis wrote:
>> >"John S. Gage" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Jim Self wrote:
>> >> > >The V.A. is pouring money into VistA. Pouring money.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am sure that a very very small percentage of that could produce an
>> Open
>> >> > Source MUMPS that could very quickly save them millions of dollars.
>> >
>> >It would be a glorious thing to see, but I am not holding my breath...
>> >
>> >> Well, who's going to tell them that? I ask that question seriously.
I
>> >> don't think we can wait for Intersystems to tell them.
>> >
>> >Right now, there is a mentality in the VA that has swung away from the
>> >'build it yourself' view.
>> >There are many front line programmers in the VA who would
>> >likely welcome the self-sufficiency approach, but I suspect it would not
>> fly at
>> >all with management.
>>
>> In recent years, the VA management appears to have swung very strongly
into
>> the Microsoft camp, but I am sure that the Open Source movement and ideas
>> resonate very strongly with many there as well, especially long-time
MUMPS
>> advocates. Perhaps they just needs a bit of a push and some help in
>> clarifying their options to inspire them to commit the (to them) small
>> amount of resources.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------
>> Jim Self
>> Manager and Chief Developer
>> VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis
>> (http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself)
>
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Jim Self
Manager and Chief Developer
VMTH Computer Services, UC Davis
(http://www.vmth.ucdavis.edu/us/jaself)
