There is a philosophy ("The Philosophy of Unix" Mike Gancarz) that
suggests, first, that major software applications (Unix, Apache) were
written without much in the way of specifications and, second, that that
is the way to do things. I do not advocate this. On the other hand,
men of good will do feel the tension between implementation and design.
The idea of preserving VistA code by wrapping it in an open source
wrapper is extremely attractive. There is a dedicated group of M
programmers out there (as far out as Finland) who should be encouraged
and supported and whose contribution to patient welfare today should be
recognized and not abandoned in a clean-slate design initiative.
John Gage
"Gregory J. Woodhouse" wrote:
>
> On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Alvin B. Marcelo wrote:
>
> > But we need implementations.
>
> Of course, but we need to know what we're going to write before we start
> coding (not to suggest that you were implying otherwise).
>
> ---
> Gregory Woodhouse
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> "An atheist staring from his attic window is often nearer to God than the
> believer caught up in his own false image of God."
> --Martin Buber
