On Mar 24, 2006, at 9:44 PM, Rod Roark wrote:
> I repeat: NOBODY will pay thousands for certification of Free
> Software. They will use it because they already believe in it.
Rod,
I have been following the CCHIT process. I do not consider CCHIT to
be biased against open source. I think competing on a level playing
field for a fair, tough, industry standard certification is good
idea. The cost is trivial. If an open source project cannot
produce a coherent release candidate and collectively finance its
certification by CCHIT, then that open source project has not scaled
up to be a credible package for real clinical situations where lives
may hang in the balance.
I also think it is a disservice to the open source definition to
propose a dumbed down parallel open source certification process. I
have no plans to pitch physicians on on software they can "believe"
in. I want solid open source code that can be equally certified by
CCHIT alongside NextGen, Centricity, Allscripts, et. al. I see a
huge marketing advantage for open source to stand up, get certified,
and start taking business away from the proprietary vendors.
With best regards,
[wr]
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