Re: next steps. (was Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update)

2006-03-30 Thread Nandalal Gunaratne
Richard Schilling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard, What you say seems fine. But software patents can cause problems to us here. Most software come from the US and software is so expensive that there is rampant piracy of software in many countires. Recent WTO agreements have made this

Re: next steps. (was Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update)

2006-03-29 Thread Will Ross
On Mar 28, 2006, at 10:51 PM, Richard Schilling wrote: I'm simply saying I'll do the work and give OSCHA a physical presence here, as long as I know there will be people there to sign up. I don't want to establish a U.S. presence for OSCHA that has no interest. Building up an OSCHA

Re: next steps. (was Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update)

2006-03-28 Thread Tim Cook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for your offer Richard. Molly and others have spent a great deal of time in developing this organization. While it is not a particularly inviting subject, the ideology of 'where to incorporate' first is an issue. One that has been discussed

Re: next steps. (was Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update)

2006-03-28 Thread Richard Schilling
Molly certainly has my support. I don't mean to suggest she doesn't. And I do appreciate her assertiveness as well. Ultimately I can work with any locale of registration to some degree. Tim, I offered to help four years ago too when this subject was being kicked around. I'm certain that

Re: next steps. (was Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update)

2006-03-28 Thread Bhaskar, KS
Agreed, Tim. Molly is a long-standing member of the FOSS healthcare community and deserves kudos for running with OSHCA. As an American, I am certainly more comfortable with the US legal system than I am with the Malaysian system but (a) I understand that no legal system is perfect, (b) I trust

Re: next steps. (was Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update)

2006-03-28 Thread Tim Cook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Richard Schilling wrote: Molly deserves extra credit for hanging in there. I'm anxious to see things progress. It doesn't sound like, though, you or anyone is interested in seeing a U.S. component. Is that true? Richard Hi Richard, Let

Re: next steps. (was Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update)

2006-03-28 Thread Richard Schilling
I know Tim - a lot of people feel the way you do. I try to be as politically agnostic as I can in the FOSS realm, and sometimes that confuses people. Someone mentioned the bad U.S. press too. I don't watch U.S. news, BTW :-) I'm simply saying I'll do the work and give OSCHA a physical

Re: next steps. (was Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update)

2006-03-28 Thread Nandalal Gunaratne
Tim Cook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am a great admierer of the US and it's people, the films, the sports, the comics on which I was introduced to reading :-) I still think it is one of the best countires and even the President is not all bad flamebait Most of the FOSS software come