Grant Parnell - EverythingLinux wrote:
I've got a client that want's to port this software package from Mac OS-X
to Linux and pay for it.
I checked out 104MB of source code via CVS (I've attached the listing from
/home/grant/packages/osirix) ... Not sure but it looks like some sort of C
code but you compile it within this IDE
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/xcode/
There is a project Osirix in:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/osirix/
already ported in Linux.
Your best chance is to contact the developers in that site to have a
tailored
version for your clients, in my view. It appears to me that this is a
group project.
This is extremely difficult to do for one person in a professional manner
within a reasonable timeframe.
It requires expertise in SQL, C, C++, Objective C, and Java it says plus
intensive hardware-software interfaces (device drivers).
I couldn't find anything resembling ./configure or a Makefile and the dev
page isn't very helpful unless you're using xcode.
http://homepage.mac.com/rossetantoine/osirix/Index2.html
My Gut feeling... probably cheaper to buy a Mac - except he wants to
deploy many times over, thus if it costs a few grand it's OK. The
alternative would be to buy a Mac and large high quality LCD and the
commercial version of the software and the annual license for each site.
This is less than satisfactory as my client wants some customisation done
to it anyway plus the doctors usually would have multi-head PC's decked
out with a stack of LCD's occupying significant desk space.
Any pointers to who can do this or which company can do this or which
mailing lists to consult appreciated. We can probably commission a
feasability study seeing as it's such a large chunk of stuff.
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