Guten Tag J. Antas,

am Sonntag, 29. Februar 2004 um 02:21 schrieben Sie:

JA> Wilfried Goedert wrote:

>> I search some modells and ideas, how industry/hospitals can give back something
>> if they use care2x. Not everyone is IBM.
>> 
>> I think about Consultants, Healthcare Providers etc.
>> 
>> Any Ideas. Donation Systems are mostly not accepted
>> 

JA> It is not news anymore:
JA>    Oracle said that they would help.
JA>    IBM said that they would help.
JA>    HP is giving it a thought...

How? Is there any paper from them?
I look for a global solution for doing the "How"

JA> Which do we need more?
When you write What... - Real Facts.



JA> I would not like to see hospitals to give back anything besides the code 
JA> that they will be adding to solve their local problems.

Why? Everyone is free to give code.

JA> Industry will not help us. Our license makes us uninteresting to them. 
JA> If it where MPL or CPL I am sure that it would be easier.

If they thing in the proprietary business modell, maybe you are right.

JA> About Healthcare Providers: we have no Finance module for them, we have
JA> not finished the Administrative & Operational module yet. These are the 
JA> thinks that they all care about. If you don't scratch their backs why 
JA> would they help you?

That is the thing we need ideas. To do it without Finance module.

JA> Supranational authorities funding, like projects from the EU or South 
JA> America & Caribe WHO projects, they are the surest and quickest way of 
JA> shutting down an open source project... It is quite simply really. The 
JA> developers just get a "public servant" attitude, creativity is killed
JA>   and the projects grow bigger in paperwork and fat, and smaller in 
JA> clever ideas and sheer genius.

Give them ideas and a new way. I hope that it can be solved. One way
can be the demonstration of the Knoppix CD.

JA> But if you need really useful ideas you could take a look at the 
JA> wonderful report from Sida (the Swedish International Development 
JA> Cooperation Agency), called "Open Source in Developing Countries", that 
JA> you may find at:
JA> http://www.sida.se/content/1/c6/02/39/55/SIDA3460en_Open%20SourceWEB.pdf

That it absolutely helpful. I think you helped me with that paper a
lot.

Regards

Wilfried



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