On Sun, 24 Nov 2002, Adrian Midgley wrote: ... > > > if we compromise for expediency then we will at least know where we > > > compromised and why. > > > > What "compromise for expediency" did TkFP and OSCAR make?
Hi Adrian, I asked you to give support for your statement that seemed to suggest that GnuMed is without "compromise for expediency" that other systems commonly suffer from. Perhaps I misunderstood your statement. I really couldn't tell from Horst's presentation - but I do look forward to learning about his team's work. > Ask em. Or form your own opinion. Or both. But tread easily, these are > people's intellectual offspring. I think it is one thing to make claims and quite another to offer substantive supporting discussion. I do believe your statement probably has merit - and I am doing some learning about GnuMed and OSCAR today with Karsten Hilbert's help. I will hopefully post something more informed about GnuMed in short order. > What compromises for expediency are present in OIO? Glad you asked :-). We have been discussing OIO's database schema over the last week or so. The main thrust of the discussion surrounds OIO's use of lots of tables, rather than few tables with lots of rows. Please feel free to join the discussion on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list if you are interested. You can find the mailing list subscription link and link to the public archive (hosted by Sourceforge) at http://www.TxOutcome.Org. When I find out more about GnuMed, I will post a comparison between GnuMed and OIO's database schema. No doubt, I will offend some with my ignorance - but I look forward to being corrected. ... Best regards, Andrew --- Andrew P. Ho, M.D. OIO: Open Infrastructure for Outcomes www.TxOutcome.Org
