I assume your basic goal is to come up with something like a turn key
solution. Is that a fair assumption? Going back to the network effect
message, I don't know that marrying your solution to Debian, Knoppix,
Red Hat, or what have you is the right way to go. It will be easier
to get user "buy in" if the users feel they can use their favorite
Linux distribution (or, while we're at it: What about Solaris, HP/UX,
OS X, (Free|Open|Net)BSD, OpenDarwin, OpenVMS, or even Windows)?
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Gregory Woodhouse
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"A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his
forefathers. -- Benjamin Disraeli
On Aug 30, 2005, at 6:16 PM, K.S. Bhaskar wrote:
Please provide some guidance about future releases of OpenVistA VivA.
I have thus far used Knoppix (http://knopper.net/knoppix/index-
en.html)
as the basis for OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold releases, and Morphix
(http://morphix.org) as the basis for OpenVistA VivA releases. The
former releases are live DVD images that amount to just under 1GB, and
the latter are live CD images.
Morphix is not under as active development as I would like in a base
Linux live CD, so I think it's time to move on.
Effective V4, Knoppix has expanded to over 3GB. Creating OpenVistA
VivA
releases based on Knoppix V4 would mean releases of over 3.5GB - they
would still fit on a DVD, but the download durations would more than
triple. But, an OpenVistA VivA based on Knoppix would have much
visual
appeal, and would show Linux in favorable light. [Also, since ftp is
unreliable for files of more than 2GB, one would have to use wget or
rsync to get the files - of course, this is not really an issue.]
At the other extreme, is Damn Small Linux (http://damnsmalllinux.org).
Sans VistA, this distribution is small enough to fit onto a business
card sized CD. With VistA, the download would be around 220MB. An
OpenVistA VivA based on DSL would be small, fast and functional.
There are many other Linux live CDs between these two extremes.
So, what would the members of the VistA community like? I can
continue
the current strategy of keeping OpenVistA VivA to a live CD and
staying
with Knoppix for OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live DVD releases. I can
use
a single base system, and I can stay small or go with the kitchen
sink.
Also, how about the forthcoming (once CMS releases the software)
OpenVistA VivA Office EHR?
Please let me know what you want, so that I can serve you better
(yes, I
know that ultimately I will do what I think is best, but I really will
consider all inputs). Thank you very much.
-- Bhaskar
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