+1, whole heartedly..... Universal medical records. Does anyone know of a better server side engine or tool set available to handle all the disparate types of data that the inevitable national health records data base will house? I don't.
I'm in the Insurance Business. WO rocks for our purposes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joel M. Benisch CPCU, President 973-992-6300 x303 PaperFree Corporation 973-992-6666 FAX 909 Regal Boulevard j...@paperfree.net Livingston, NJ 07039-8249 WE CREATE PRODUCTS WE WOULD WANT TO USE! On Mar 8, 2014, at 5:31 AM, jazz wrote: > Hi Mark, > > When reading through your email I realised that this is quite nicely > summarising my thoughts on this topic. I hear other people on the list > talking about the past, but this is about the future. Since Apple now has a > large installed base of iOS devices, it would be worth a try again to go > beyond consumer products. Your medical application of iOS linked with server > technology would fit perfect in the common heard Apple values: "the > crossroads of technology and liberal arts". > Let's see what the future brings. I've copied Craig Federighi and hope your > idea will interest him as well. > > Best regards, Bart > > >> Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:58:39 +0000 >> From: Mark Wardle <m...@wardle.org> >> To: WebObjects Development <webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com> >> Cc: tc...@apple.com >> Subject: WebObjects development >> Message-ID: <be1dc131-51be-45e1-877e-ecf2f6dd6...@wardle.org> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" >> >> Hi all. >> >> It is sad to hear the despondency permeating through the email list today. >> >> I think many of us have achieved so much with this technology stack, >> solutions that would be much more difficult with other technologies. >> >> I think Apple is missing a trick here. Perhaps I am naive but isn’t their >> focus on vertical integration? WebObjects is and could be the server side >> answer for iOS in the enterprise. For me, we’re just about to deploy our >> first iOS apps running on iPads in our outpatient clinics, linking to our >> WebObjects applications handling all of the complex business logic that we >> need in healthcare. We’ve achieved this on a shoestring and it’s due to the >> great design - seen in WebObjects and of course, by logical extension in the >> related frameworks inherited from NeXT in modern Apple operating systems. >> >> Personally, I want Apple stuff in the enterprise - in my enterprise - in my >> outpatient clinic. I think it would make a tremendous difference to how we >> provide healthcare. WebObjects is such a good fit for iOS devices I just >> cannot believe that Apple does not want to support such a great and >> productive technology. >> >> Whatever the case, my WebObjects applications are still running and we are >> getting more and more users here in this part of the UK! It is just a shame >> Apple seems to have given up on it. >> >> I’ve copied in Tim Cook to this. At the back of my mind, I’m hoping he’ll >> take an interest, realise overnight what a great technology this is and how >> it can be a great product for both large and small enterprises, can form >> part of a great technology stack and support iOS, and as such, re-incarnate >> WebObjects - the technology we love! Mr Cook - could Apple un-deprecate this >> technology please? It is really rather good! >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> Dr. Mark Wardle >> Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital Wales, Cardiff, UK >> Email: mark.war...@wales.nhs.uk or m...@wardle.org Twitter: @mwardle >> Telephone: 02920745274 (secretary) or facsimile: 02920744166 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list (Webobjects-dev@lists.apple.com) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/joelb%40paperfree.net > > This email sent to jo...@paperfree.net
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