Hi, I would second Fred here. I seriously feel that Google Health has potential. Though i would as well agree that it may not be viable for Google from a business point of view. Hence i would request you guys at Google to open source it. Let the community take the work which you people have done. Googlers who have worked on Google Health can help the community to ramp up and take the project forward.
I agree that without the Google infrastructure to be able to continue would be difficult, but its not impossible provided the community comes forward to support it financially as well. I am not a big fan of Google Health and i seriously think that the design needs to be tweaked a bit to make it better. But again having said that it is best of lot that we have today. Thanks, Harsh Kumar On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 00:07, Fred Trotter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > First, let me say that I am sorry to see Google Health go. I > think it was a worthy project, and despite my criticism over the years > I have always admired your smooth delivery and classic design. > > I would ask that you consider Open Sourcing portions of Google Health. > For me, the order of priority is the following: > > 1. please Open Source your API. This way, the Open Source community > can work on cloning your offerings using existing PHR projects like > Indivo X. > 2. If you can release reference implementations of you API related > code (i.e. your feed/CCR mix) that would be especially helpful. > 3. Please consider Open Sourcing other important components, I know > you have a blue button parser, for instance, that could exist as a > separate Open Source project. > 4. Please consider Open Sourcing your whole codebase. > > I know #4 is a long shot. Unlike Google Wave, Google Health was never > intended (as far as I know) to exist outside the confines of Googles > considerable hosting infrastructure. Even if you released the code, it > might not be possible for any of us to make it work. If that is the > case than a full Open Source release would be still-born and mostly > useless to the community. > > Still I want to point out that Open Sourcing Google Health is not an > all-or-nothing issue and that many of use have invested deeply in your > technology. Open Sourcing what you can is a good way for us to recover > some of our investment. > > Thank You, > Fred Trotter > http://www.fredtrotter.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Health Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/googlehealthdevelopers?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Health Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/googlehealthdevelopers?hl=en.
