On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Horst Herb wrote:
> Oh, how much easier medical software development would be if we would
> stop that theoreticising crap about the never existing "optimal" method,
> agree on ONE concept, roll up our sleeves and start coding. All in the
> same language. All with the same basic data storage concept. All using
> the same (already existing) exchange protocol. Yeah, Apache as a role model
> suits me fine. That's the way work gets done - Apache is something you
> can grab and see (and enjoy) running.
This is the first message I've seen in many months of lurking that I view
as promising. I was on the FreeMoney project for awhile. There was a lot
of interesting discussion about goals, methodology, etc...the project is
dead. However, Dieter Simader and I left before its demise. Our very
small project can be found at: www.simtax.ca/acc
> Apache as a piece of software does not fulfill my needs.
Well, it is a tool. I understand your point but I don't have time to wait
as my bosses (mostly doctors - both Herr Professor Doktors and sawbones)
want to run queries NOW.
I took Dieter's src (HTML embedded in Perl, designed to run over DBI and
Postgres) and moved the Perl to CGI.pm to make it easier to code and read.
I have a small database - I am a SysAdm in the dept of psychiatry. It is not
blazingly fast. It has straightforward interfaces. It is clumsy at the
moment and doubtless I would be embarrassed to show it to a pro. But while
I wait to see any viable free software from the pros - and fend off a wide
assortment of administrators who want to throw money at vendors - I continue
using Apache (and Postgres and Perl) to do my job.
Having said all this: I am hopeful that one day I will have some professional
software that I can demo for my superiors - which will ultimately persuade
them to stop wasting money on mercenary software vendors with dubious products...
I remain optimistic that this list will actually produce something that will
make my work irrelevant. I hope that the list members realize that there
are many of us waiting on the sidelines for a viable alternative...and altho
we may complain here and there, we do appreciate your efforts.
Viel erfolg, Horst! I hope to borrow some of your code snippets from
GnuMed when it picks up a head of steam.
Cheers,
Thomas
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