RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-25 Thread Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE
ts-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:56 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > Users may say they need such and such a > design, but that design may be ill-suited to their needs. More to the > point, t

Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Chris Richardson
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:18 PM Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) > User describe functionality and engineers turn functionality into a design, > present to users, users go this is not quite what we anted, repeat until > both agree.

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread A. Forrey
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:56 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) This is where I don't quite follow you. See below --- "A. Forrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This was exactly my

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Ruben Safir
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 20:18 +, Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE wrote: > User describe functionality and engineers turn functionality into a > design, > present to users, users go this is not quite what we anted, repeat > until > both agree. Correct ? > Not correct. In this system you've

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Ruben Safir
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:56 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > Users may say they need such and such a > design, but that design may be ill-suited to their needs. More to the > point, though, the use of a particular database product (or type of > cabling) is simply not a functional issue. More to the

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE
> > > Fax:315.330.7009 > > > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Greg > > Woodhouse > > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:16 AM > > T

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread A. Forrey
ssage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruben Safir Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:36 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 09:12, Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AF

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Greg Woodhouse
> > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Greg > > Woodhouse > > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:16 AM > > To: hardhats-membe

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Greg Woodhouse
Requirements analysis is a real skill. It requires a degree of domain knowledge and understanding of the technical issues involved, but more importantly, the "people" skills necessary to be able to effectively facilitate the ongoing discussion between the parties involved, and to appreciate the wha

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread A. Forrey
ubject: RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) My experience has been that users generally do not have a very clear idea of what they want. What they DO know is what doesn't work for them in what they have now. The users will often have some (maybe even mutually contr

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE
: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:16 AM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) My experience has been that users generally do not have a very clear idea of what they want. What they DO know is what doesn't work for them in

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Greg Woodhouse
15.330.7009 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ruben > Safir > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 9:36 AM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE:

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Ruben Safir
On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:44, Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE wrote: > You should not get programming specs from a customer but should get general > functionality that is desired. The customer should say I want to have remote > clients that can do the same thing as local clients, or that I can enter

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE
@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 09:12, Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE wrote: > I believe that what he means is that we actually talk to someone who is > going to use Vista, get the wish list then decide what is feasible

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Ruben Safir
TECTED] On Behalf Of Ruben > Safir > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:24 PM > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) > > On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 09:55 -0700, A. Forrey wrote: > > If the VistA Community is going to

RE: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-24 Thread Aylesworth Marc A Ctr AFRL/IFSE
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruben Safir Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:24 PM To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) On Tue, 2005-08-23

Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-23 Thread Greg Woodhouse
I think I disagree. This type of dialog is needed to establish the requirements that must be met by *medical applications*, but what characteristics a language, operating system, or other platform must have to allow systemas to be built meeting those requirements without unreasonable difficulty is

Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-23 Thread A. Forrey
Ruben: There must be a level of dialog with the health Professional disciplines that may embrace this technology; they dont need detailed technical say but they do need dialog. It was done before the MDC and MTA were dissolved and it can be done again on a productive plain but folks arent goi

Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-23 Thread Ruben Safir
On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 09:55 -0700, A. Forrey wrote: > If the VistA Community is going to reach the rest of > the world it needs to tell them how it will deal with this problem > and > then get on with it. Free Software projects just adapt to needs as developers precieve them, which is frankly,

Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-23 Thread A. Forrey
The notion of moving the standard forward was part of the dialog at the April VCM and it was my understanding that the MDC would be reactivated via a host organization and a communication process defined by which reviewing the "Millenium Standard" that existed in Sept 1999 would occur and then

Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-23 Thread Greg Woodhouse
ssage - > From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:42 AM > Subject: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) > > > >I actually didn't know that MUMPS_V1 was (now) open source. > Orig

Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-23 Thread James Gray
oving the language forward or just stuck on the idea that there is only one way to move it forward. Jim Gray - Original Message - From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:42 AM Subject: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M

Re: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-23 Thread James Gray
way to move it forward. Jim Gray - Original Message - From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:42 AM Subject: [Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions) I actually didn't know that MUMPS_V1 was (now) open

[Hardhats-members] MUMPS and VistA ( more M read questions)

2005-08-23 Thread Greg Woodhouse
I actually didn't know that MUMPS_V1 was (now) open source. Originally, I was looking for a version of MUMPS that I could run under Windows but, as I recall, the developer was adamant that it not be ported to Windows, so it was of no real use to me. Since then, I've decided to use OS X as my primar