The following link will send you to a four page introduction to Open Source Software published by the HIMSS Open Source Work Group.
http://www.himss.org/ASP/topics_FocusDynamic.asp?faid=190 Principal authors of this document, in alphabetical order, are: Neil Cowles Guy Fisher Nilish Gupte Drew Ivan Will Ross Corrections and suggested improvements are welcome and may be sent to my attention for the next edition. With best regards, [wr] - - - - - - - - will ross project manager mendocino informatics 216 west perkins street, suite 206 ukiah, california 95482 usa 707.462.6369 [office] 707.462.5015 [fax] www.minformatics.com - - - - - - - - [wr] - - - - - - - - will ross project manager mendocino health records exchange 216 west perkins street, suite 206 ukiah, california 95482 usa 707.462.6369 [office] 707.462.5015 [fax] www.mendocinohre.org - - - - - - - - "Getting people to adopt common standards is impeded by patents." Sir Tim Berners-Lee, BCS, 2006 - - - - - - - -