Re: [openhealth] CCHIT biased towards proprietary software??

2006-03-30 Thread David Chan
Joseph may remember the first time I had to take my previous EMR product (MUFFIN) through conformance testing. It took months of planning, documentation, test server and configuration, and then finally a week of testing - basically going through point by point of the system specification. I was als

Re: [openhealth] Digest Number 176

2006-03-30 Thread Tim.Churches
Irving Buchbinder wrote: > A thought about storage for Minoru or upcomming back storage needs: > > I can't speak for each project, however, the FreeMED Software Foundation > would be willing to MIRROR such archives, indeed host that sort of activity. > I'm sure we can find groups/Open Source works

Re: [openhealth] Digest Number 176

2006-03-30 Thread Irving Buchbinder
A thought about storage for Minoru or upcomming back storage needs: I can't speak for each project, however, the FreeMED Software Foundation would be willing to MIRROR such archives, indeed host that sort of activity. I'm sure we can find groups/Open Source works who will also be willing to put fo

Re: [openhealth] Openhealth mailing list

2006-03-30 Thread Brian Bray
I totally agree with you, it's just a matter of timing. There is an archive now and it works. The current system has worked OK for eight years now, and is the same system used to archive this list. "If it's not broken don't fix it" is an old developer saying that applies here. Let's revisit th

Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update

2006-03-30 Thread David Forslund
I also think this has gone too far off topic but the responses you have given don't correspond to the statements made earlier and assume rationality on the parts of various governments, which has been shown not to be a good assumption worldwide. I have no problem with incorporation in Malaysia.

Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update

2006-03-30 Thread Will Ross
richard, i disagree, as a project manager interested in combatting unnecessary scope creep, i think the goal here is to successfully launch a single international version of oscha, not to simultaneously launch multiple national iterations. if this were a meeting, my view is that molly

Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update

2006-03-30 Thread Tim.Churches
David Forslund wrote: > Tim.Churches wrote: > > David Forslund wrote: > > > Molly, > > > > > > Incorporating OSHCA in the US doesn't necessarily imply US domination. > > > > No, but US citizens need to be sensitive to the negative feelings > > towards the US which are present and growing in

Re: [openhealth] sumultaneous registrations and registration form

2006-03-30 Thread Nandalal Gunaratne
Richard Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Nobody said there is no need for a US component! I said in a recent email that most of FOSS is from US!! Sri Lanka has two major FOSS projects working with those in the US. The Apache project and our own Sahana desaster management project with

Re: [openhealth] Important announcement and oshca update

2006-03-30 Thread Nandalal Gunaratne
Thomas Beale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Richard Schilling wrote: Is OSHCA going to be opening offices for trading around the world? where is the staff? NandA - thomas SPONSORED LINKS Software distrib

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