During the time I was pushing (before the Boston meeting) to revive the MDC, what I learned from private email and telephone conversations and what I heard at the meeting in Boston made it clear that there are plenty of people who want to move it forward. It is just that they are understandably afraid of the process.
Trying to reach some sort of concensus among a bunch of smart and passionate folks who don't agree about what should be done is tough, sometimes bruising and largely thankless. In some instances, there are clearly choices that have to be made and where there is no one best answer, and that is just the beginning. Then there is battling and spending the way through the process of getting the changes accepted as a standard. There were thoughts of trying to find another way to do it, at least as an initial step as folks stick their toes in the water. Then there is also a community of non-VistA M users that are out there, passionate and waiting for an opportunity to join the discussion. This is one of those places where an innovative use of the web might be helpful for getting this process rolling, and as I recall, Chris Richardson had some suggestions about that. Perhaps he will jump in and discuss it. On Tuesday 23 August 2005 12:09 pm, Greg Woodhouse wrote: >........................... and the truth is that >......................... there is little interest in updating > the language. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- 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
