Hi Terry, Thank you for suggesting it be on the agenda....you read our minds it is! I volunteered to lead a session on the subject as it is one of the few things that I can publicly claim to have some expertise in.
In anticipation of a good turn out and lively discussion it would be really great if those interested in the subject discuss what we should cover during the session. I will commit to tabling the issues etc. at the meeting and reporting back to the list with a synopsis of the discussion. Cheers, Joseph On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 11:49, Terry Wiechmann wrote: > This thread brings up a point that I hope will be on the agenda at the WV > meeting. That is, a frank and open discussion about Open Source, its > benefits, drawbacks, etc. As someone who has had a product in Open Source > for several years now, I've learned a few things about the pro's and cons of > Open Source (definitely not a guru). I've discovered most organizations take > and do not give back. Its not that they actually would not like to, it's > just the traditional thinking that goes along with building a business > (simply staying in business is more to the point). The 'competitive edge' is > one of the main drivers in this thinking. I understand it all too well. > However, I learned you can 'make money' (if that's what you are all about) > by giving the software away. That concept alone opens up doors that are > closed to organizations who's business is staying in business. As I > discovered over the last 15 years, changing traditional thinking is a hard > sell. > > Terry L. Wiechmann > www.esitechnology.com > 978-779-0257 > Skype: twiechmann > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dr Molly Cheah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:29 AM > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] ScreenMan > > > > Oh, I thought it will be able open source.... After all Medsphere uses > > OpenVistA. Otherwise it sounds like "what's yours is mine and what is > > mine is mine" :) > > > > Molly > > Nancy Anthracite wrote: > > > > >So all you M programmers out there. How about an OPEN SOURCE version of > > >this. Think you can do it? > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George > > >Timson > > >Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:37 PM > > >To: Hardhats > > >Subject: [Hardhats-members] ScreenMan > > > > > > > > >All those F1- key sequences are very hard to remember. I think that's > why > > >VA ScreenMan has been underused. Plus, processing with ScreenMan takes > up a > > >lot of computer cycles, but that is less of a problem than it was a dozen > > >years ago, when ScreenMan first appeared. > > > > > >I've rewritten ScreenMan for Medsphere in the last six months so that it > is > > >(on the appropriate terminal) mouse-aware. I think that this makes a > huge > > >positive difference in its usability. > > > > > >--George Timson > > > > > >"I AM big. It's the PIXELS that got small!" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 > > Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on > > who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. > > Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 > Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on > who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. > Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: YOU BE THE JUDGE. Be one of 170 Project Admins to receive an Apple iPod Mini FREE for your judgement on who ports your project to Linux PPC the best. Sponsored by IBM. Deadline: Sept. 24. Go here: http://sf.net/ppc_contest.php _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
