Hi Richard, > Claudio, > > Welcome to the list! I'm very glad to hear of your project. I did > look at your web page, and like others found your use of Interbase > encouraging. Do you have any benchmark data for Interbase? I have no benchmark, but in my Dpt there are 40 clients (windows & Linux) working on Linux/Interbase server (out Interbase archive is about 600 MB). My inpressions are that Interbase is at least equal with Oracle. Another important point about this opensource choice is that Oracle has a very good technical support (but it is very expensive), Interbase has the best support: newsgroup!!! When you have a problem you contact the newsgroup and you can find the solution very fast and without pay anything. It is very important that the Interbase developing team (team B) partecipates to this newsgroup (www.borland.com/newsgroups). > > And I wouldn't worry about upsetting any Windows supporters . . . open > source is good for everyone! > > With respect to your choice of Delphi & Kylix (Borland), and given the > description on your website, here is a (somewhat) objective > perspective: > > Delphi and Kylix are solid tools for the Windows platform. You > have > chosen excellent tools. The life span of your product on a particular > version of Windows will be defined by the life span of the Windows > desktop, which is something Windows users have come to expect. For > example, you switched from Windows 95 to Windows NT. One might say > that the life span of the Windows 95 version ended when you switched to > the Windows NT version with Oracle. You can expect a similar switch > from Windows NT to another platform of Windows (for example Windows > 2000 enterprise) in the near future. In choosing Windows, however you > have committed yourself to maintaining several versions of your product > for each Microsoft operating system (Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows > 2000), because each product has it's own special requirements for your > application. Perhaps the API is different, or the supporting libraries > like Winsock is different from product to product. > > Your choice to support a Linux version is a decision worthy of > genius because you give the users the option of switching operating > systems when it is convenient for them. Developing first in Windows is > a good move because that operating system lends itself to prototyping a > GUI. For a more robust production environment, however UNIX remains > the king of health care and for good reason. When we consider new > security requirements and data management requirements imposed by the > U.S. regulations (HIPAA), adopting a UNIX based system is a key > strategic move for you product - at least for U.S. customers. I belive that in helth care Linux IS the Operative system: I have begun the porting from Windows to Linux and the results are excellent. But ... in Europe and expecially in Italy radiologists belive that Windows means standard and Unix means property system: this is the reason that I choose to use both Windows and Unix. It is very important (and terrible dangerous) that Siemens change the O.S. of the CT and MR, and PACS workstation fron Solaris to Windows NT: I think that it is completely fool solution. > > There is something else I notice on your website > (http://www.rad.unipd.it/progetti/raynux/rayUK.php3): > > "The new version was developed using SQLServer 6.5( Microsoft): after > four months of excellent results the constant increment of the size of > the db created enormous difficulties to the stability of the system and > we passed terrible periods. In order to exceed these difficulties we > made the great step: Oracle. " > > I have found this to be true for any enterprise application and confer > on your findings. Microsoft SQL in general has an upper bound of > processing capability that lies somewhere three and ten full-time users > - which is a very small number for a health care institution. > Graduating to Oracle was a good interim step, but moving ultimately to > Interbase was a very wise choice. As far as databases goes, Interbase > is a strong open source contender to any proprietary database. > > As far a future development goes, you should look at Java Advanced > Imaging (http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/jai/index.html) The > demonstration I saw at the JavaOne conference this year shows that the > technology is robust enough to handle DICOM images quite well. And, I > would not underestimate the ability of people to adopt a Java solution > quickly in their business. > I am very interesting in java. Bye, Claudio > > Hope that helps! > > > > Richard Schilling > Webmaster / Web Integration Programmer > Affiliated Health Services > Mount Vernon, WA USA > http://www.affiliatedhealth.org > phone: 360.856.7129 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Claudio Saccavini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 12:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Open Source Windows > > > Greetings all. This is my first post to this list since joining, so > let me take a quick moment to introduce myself. > My name is Claudio Saccavini, I am the chief of The Laboratory of > Digital Imaging in the Dpt Medical & Diagnostic Sciences at The > University od Padova (Italy). We are developing an Open Source project > call Raynux about Radiology software (RIS & PACS) and you can meet us > at > www.rad.unipd.it/raynux/ . > We believe that Open Source is not against someone (Windows) but Open > Source means free knowledge. > We choose to develope our project using Delphi & Kylix (Borland) in > order to use the software with Windows or Linux: the operative system > is a free choice of the user himself. > What do you think about this solution? > Bye, > > Claudio Saccavini > Lab Digital Imaging > Dpt Medical & Diagnostic Sciences, Radiology > University of Padova, Italy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > phone: +390498212456
