You would be surprised of what happens in developing countries ;) In Mexico, 95% is Windows, 3% MAC, 2% Linux.
Alberto -----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En nombre de Nancy Anthracite Enviado el: Miércoles, 27 de Julio de 2005 07:03 p.m. Para: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Asunto: Re: [Hardhats-members] Re: CPRS & Crossover Office I think that in the US, that it is highly likely that no one will think twice about using Windows for CPRS except for a few that are naturally drawn to Linux for other reasons, but in developing countries, there is no doubt in my mind that it will be welcome and in the countries with governments that are embracing open source that are not developing, it should be welcome, too. On Wednesday 27 July 2005 04:54 pm, Mike Lieman wrote: > On 7/27/05, Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 13:31 -0400, Nancy Anthracite wrote: > > > The Crossover office folks would fix it to run on Wine were they to get > > > > the > > > > > funding. That was the plan, it just never got that far. They are eager > > > > to > > > > > work with us again if things work out and I hope they do as we had a > > > > great > > > > > time working together. > > > > But that doesn't answer the real issue. Is a version of CPRS limping > > along under Crossover Office/WINE something you could stand in front of > > a CIO of a hospital, look him in the eye, and in good faith offer as a > > viable option for a desktop Linux deployment? It isn't for me. > > I've only seen ONE Desktop Linux deployment which worked out. That was in a > very tightly controlled vertical application environment for reserving and > dispatching limos. > > Now, if there was a WEB based VistA client, running that under a browser > under linux would likely be productive. Maybe thunking through a J2EE app > server? > > But now we're adding needless levels of complexity. > > We're pretty much stuck with CPRS, and it's target client is Windows. > > And that's ok, there are some psychological issues involved in getting > people who *think* they're technologically adept to move to a better > platform too. Winders is where they're comfy. Don't fight 'em. Y'all can't > win, and EVERY LITTLE THING which goes wrong, will be YOUR fault. > > Ok, So that's going to be the way it shakes out anyway, but it's a whole > extra raft of problems y'all don't need. > > Pay the Microsoft Tax through your system builder when you get them, and > consider client machines the disposable toys the are. > > I wonder how the VistA-Office thing is going to affect that? If it'll be > compatible with Linux deployed GT.M server on the back end? Do we care? > > Take Care, > > Mike -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
