Will Ross wrote: > Fred, > > I oppose the creation of a separate open source certification > process. I think it compromises the opportunity for open source > solutions to displace commercial solutions, and it distracts open > source projects from leveraging the collaborative process to create > seriously superior solutions.
This is a US matter, but as I set out, my position would be to argue for a reduced-cost certification process of any software which makes all the necessary documentation, source code, unit tests, functional test scripts etc needed to satisfy the certification criteria publicly available for scrutiny by anyone. But the actual criteria to be met should be the same. Tim C > On Mar 27, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Fred Trotter wrote: > > > This is an interesting discussion. However we do have some > > decisions to > > make. > > > > 1. Does the different nature free and open source medical software > > warrant > > different consideration than proprietary models for CCHIT > > certification > > pricing. (If a large number of people feel this way then we should > > draft our > > own letter.) > > Yes/No > > > > 2. In NOT should the pricing generally be lowered for everyone so > > that small > > and open source projects will have the opportunity to get > > certified. (If you > > feel this way then you should just sign the emrupdate.com letter) > > Yes/No > > > > Feel free to continue the substance of the discussion by saying why > > or why > > not for your answers. In any case if you feel that a letter should be > > written or signed... now is the time to do so the review window is > > closing. > > -- > > Fred Trotter > > SynSeer, Consultant > > http://www.fredtrotter.com > > http://www.synseer.com > > phone: (480)290-8109 > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [wr] > > - - - - - - - - > > will ross > project manager > mendocino informatics > 216 west perkins street, suite 206 > ukiah, california 95482 usa > 707.272.7255 [voice] > 707.462.5015 [fax] > www.minformatics.com > > - - - - - - - - > > "Getting people to adopt common standards is impeded by patents." > Sir Tim Berners-Lee > > - - - - - - - - > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "openhealth > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth>" > on the web. > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/openhealth/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
