Re: [Hardhats-members] Are there gaps in the porting of OpenVistA/ GT.M

2006-06-05 Thread Nancy Anthracite
Let me say before I even start, that I know I am not an expert, but this is what I have learned and, hopefully, it is correct, from my time with working with VistA on the two platforms. I see no reason at all that you cannot be supported remotely and the contracting I am referring to is to

Re: [Hardhats-members] Are there gaps in the porting of OpenVistA/ GT.M

2006-06-05 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
On 6/3/06, Joseph Puthooran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... But I struggle to understands the why there is an almost exclusive preference for Cache by most vendors there. But what are these pros cons in the context of VistA? I'll let others answer, but I suspect it has to do with the fact that

Re: [Hardhats-members] Are there gaps in the porting of OpenVistA/ GT.M

2006-06-05 Thread Joseph Puthooran
The interesting question is the work content in the porting of VistA to the GT.M platform. I think ESSI, Medsphere and others were given the contract by the Hui to do the porting. Apparently there was some work which it will be useful to know. What was the work content in porting to another Mumps

Re: [Hardhats-members] Are there gaps in the porting of OpenVistA/ GT.M

2006-06-05 Thread Joseph Puthooran
Thanks for the input from Nancy, Kevin, Alan O’Neill and others off line. The following are some learnings that that we can draw from what you have said. 1. There is no doubt that GT.M is robust and stable as a database. 2. There are however bugs with the porting of VistA to Linux GT.M. It is

[Hardhats-members] changing the medication order detail display

2006-06-05 Thread Matthew King
Hardhats, In the CPRS, under the orders or meds tab, you can right click on the highlighted entry and choose details. This brings up a summary display of that order. Is there an easy way to modify that display output? It would make an excellent point to print a prescription or fax to a

[Hardhats-members] Medtronic LIFEPAK 12

2006-06-05 Thread Darren Coolidge
Hello,Were looking into using the Medtronic LIFEPAK 12 system. What's interesting about this device is that it has a serial interface to retrieve data from the system. The PC it hooks up to must have a LIFENET data management product (such as CODE-SAT) in order to view incident data. I was

Re: [Hardhats-members] Are there gaps in the porting of OpenVistA/GT.M

2006-06-05 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
Joseph Puthooran wrote: While responding to people like Nancy or Kevin, I do so with a great degree of reverence and admiration. They have set high standards for transparency and helpfulness that many of us have greatly benefited from. You have infinite patience and no newbie would ever

Re: [Hardhats-members] Importance of Open Source SoftwareUnderscored

2006-06-05 Thread Jon Parshall
Certainly, there must be some formal studies into cost of ownership. Lots of them. Some more formal than others. http://www.google.com/search?hl=enlr=q=tco+open+sourcebtnG=Search Best regards, Bill Thanks. I've only been able to skim somre of these links, but it seems that

Re: [Hardhats-members] vista flavors and development

2006-06-05 Thread Steven McPhelan
That statement that VistA is platform independent is not totally accurate. The VistA Kernel application is the interface to the platformon whichVistA runs. The Kernel supports several OS implementations as well as several M implementations. If you run it on those that are supported by the VA

[Hardhats-members] test - please ignore

2006-06-05 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
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Re: [Hardhats-members] HFS Directory

2006-06-05 Thread Cameron Schlehuber
I'm posting this back to the Hardhats list. For folks on the list, I stopped by Matthew's clinic June 2nd and traced the problem in the code, but it's been awhile since I viewed code in GT.M on Linux. I recall using the vi editor from the programmer mode prompt, but I'm a bit rusty on the

[Hardhats-members] WorldVistA Community meeting, Pittsburgh, 29th June - reminder

2006-06-05 Thread Colin Smith
May I remind everyone coming to this meeting that tomorrow - Tuesday 6th June is the last day for securing the reduced conference rate at the Doubletree Hotel. There is a link to the on-line room booking facility for the hotel at: http://www.worldvista.org/Event_Calendar Colin Smith

Re: [Hardhats-members] Are there gaps in the porting of OpenVistA/ GT.M

2006-06-05 Thread Nancy Anthracite
GT.M does not currently run on Windows and I am not sure, but I suspect, the Linux version is the Unix version. The issue, again, is likely with VistA and that work has been done with Linux. GT.M for the Alpha has been released to open source, but I don't know that anyone has made the

Re: [Hardhats-members] Are there gaps in the porting of OpenVistA/ GT.M

2006-06-05 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
On Jun 5, 2006, at 4:50 PM, Joseph Puthooran wrote:4. If this sharing takes place, the Open Source community could work on fixing these issues and in course of time OpenVistA could be as bug free as the Unix/Cache version used at the VA. Possibly better. I'm sure that you know one of the main

Re: [Hardhats-members] Medtronic LIFEPAK 12

2006-06-05 Thread Nancy Anthracite
The VA has interfaces for some devices and I have been trying to get the information about what devices and the code. I understand it will be forthcoming, sometime. I will see if I can find out if this is one of the devices supported. Mostly, it is the choice of the manufacturers to provide

Re: [Hardhats-members] HFS Directory

2006-06-05 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
On Jun 4, 2006, at 6:21 PM, Cameron Schlehuber wrote:I'm posting this back to the Hardhats list.  For folks on the list, I stopped by Matthew's clinic June 2nd and traced the problem in the code, but it's been awhile since I viewed code in GT.M on Linux.  I recall using the vi editor from the

[Hardhats-members] Number of Linux and Windows Developers Equal in 2006

2006-06-05 Thread Ignacio Valdes
According to this Evans Data Corporation survey, the number of Linux developers and Windows developers will be equal by the end of the year 2006. This development was noted by LinuxToday editor's: '...With its dominant adoption rate, Apache may be doing more for the cause of open source

Re: [Hardhats-members] Are there gaps in the porting of OpenVistA/GT.M

2006-06-05 Thread Joseph Puthooran
Apropos Bhaskar’s response which I just noticed; I would like to tender my wholehearted apologies where I may have said things that could have hurt anyone’s sensibilities. There has been no deliberate intent to hurt anyone and if I have done so unwittingly, kindly forgive the lapse.

Re: [Hardhats-members] Importance of Open Source SoftwareUnderscored

2006-06-05 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
On Jun 5, 2006, at 9:11 AM, Jon Parshall wrote:And, of course, TCO isn't the whole argument when it comes to acquisition. Another powerful motivation with regards to open-source is simply regaining a measure of choice and control over one's technology decision-making. That's an emotional

Re: [Hardhats-members] Medtronic LIFEPAK 12

2006-06-05 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
On Jun 5, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Darren Coolidge wrote: Hello, Were looking into using the Medtronic LIFEPAK 12 system. What's interesting about this device is that it has a serial interface to retrieve data from the system. The PC it hooks up to must have a LIFENET data management

[Hardhats-members] Comparison with Epic's product?

2006-06-05 Thread Adrian Blakey
Is anyone aware of a detailed comparison between Vista and EpicSystem's products? ___ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members