Re: Number of Function Points in an EHR, was re: putting money in free software

[DavidR5317]

Karsten:

<< and it requires a different way of thinking about the software
> engineering process to succeed?
What if this 'different way of thinking' is the UNIX way of
plugging tools, for a change, as the Big IT Way has failed
quite miserably on several occasions ?>>

Forgive me for being so ignorant here, but most of my experience in large scale system integration has been plugging tools involving a number of different operating systems and platforms. Some projects have failed and some have succeeded.  The success or failure of the project was not directly attributable to the use or not of unix.  Can you help me to better understand what you mean by Unix way and how it differs from Big IT Way?  Thanks

DaveR