Dear Dr. Giere & Hardhat fellows,
In Finland still lives people who are daily using Mumps or M
or COS at their work.
We even have a MUG Finland here! And it's in active state.
Please see "http://www.m-users-group-finland.fi/";.
with my best regards
hjk
------------------------------------------------
Heikki Koivulehto, Sr. systems specialist
KUH, Dept of IT- and Medical Engineering
IT-Systems
------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> Lähettäjä: Prof. em. Dr. med. Wolfgang
> Giere[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Lähetetty: 25. marraskuuta 2004 13:17
> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Aihe: Re: MDC/MUG Revival - Just do it (was) Re:
> [Hardhats-members] Nov17th interview [added] Dr. K, MUG, MDC, Goodbye
> Mumps
>
> I fully agree with Arden Forrey's remarks. It was a shame that the
> "Millenium
> Standard" did not happen. It took us a long march through the institutions
> to make
> Mumps an ISO-Standard.
>
> To revive MDC as official body can be done either using the old
> ANSI-affiliation or
> through a ISO WG (that would be the "normal" way). Both ways reuire
> international
> participation. I suppose, MUG Germany would be willing to participate (I
> cannot ask
> my successor Wolfgang Kirsten, he is hospitalized right now). Also I
> guess, Frans
> Witte (Netherlands) could be reactivated. Ion Diamond in GB? I do not know
> whether
> he is still active in the field. But there is a new commercial Mumps
> available in
> GB. Finland? I do not know the actual state of M-use there. What about
> South
> America? Could George Timson trigger participation? I once visited M-using
> hospitals in Sao Paulo and might be able to find out. We should get NEW
> people.
>
> I did not follow the ISO-story. Is the standard sustained? I have been
> asked in
> Germany and suggested to vote yes, but I did never ask for the results.
> Does
> anybody know?
>
-------------------------------------------------------
SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide
Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users.
Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now.
http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/
_______________________________________________
Hardhats-members mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
