[ale] Re: [ale-unemployed] Where we stand 2/8/02

[Charles Marcus]

Sopunds like a great environment for an LTSP network - all that would be
need is the apps to run on it...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrin [mailto:haswes at mindspring.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 7:25 AM
> To: Dow Hurst; jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: RE: [ale] Re: [ale-unemployed] Where we stand 2/8/02
>
>
> The government is forcing the upgrade, I
> think.  This may also be the reason why
> some offices are dropping Medicare.  I
> am willing to bet that the Terminals are
> actually serial connections.
>
> Adrin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dow Hurst
> [mailto:dhurst at kennesaw.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 11:42
> PM
> To: jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
> Cc: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Re: [ale-unemployed]
> Where we stand 2/8/02
>
> I haven't been following this thread,
> but I do know that a doctor in Marietta
> has been faced with integrating billing
> into an electronic format.  This is to
> facilitate Medicare billing, I think.
> Anyway, the companies offering him this
> service charge anywhere from $4000-$9000
> for upgrading his current hardware and
> software to do the job.  The current
> hardware is a 486 running SCO Unix.  The
> current software is a ncurses type
> interface via ethernetted terminals
> throughout the office.  Old but
> reliable.  If his current hardware could
> run software that would do the job and
> you could offer say a $500-$2000 deal, I
> am sure he would jump at it.  I think
> Medicare won't deal with paper billing
> from doctor's offices anymore so this is
> a forced market.  Just a thought,
> Dow
>
>
> >>> "James P. Kinney III"
> <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> 02/09/02
> 19:11 PM >>>
> Nail struck squarely on the head, Irv.
>
> New business start-ups need a ready to
> run box with stuff loaded that
> they don't have to think about. If a
> business is new to computing, I
> suspect it would be an easier sell for
> Linux based set-ups. And it has
> to be low cost for the new business to
> be able to afford it.
>
> On Sat, 2002-02-09 at 14:55, Irv Mullins
> wrote:
> > On Friday 08 February 2002 10:33 pm,
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > For the benefit of those who were
> unable to attend, this is a rundown of
> > > the (on topic :) discussions:
> > >
> > > Everyone pretty much agreed that a
> collective effort to get consulting
> > > work for all of use would be a more
> effective use of our individual,
> > > limited resources.
> > >
> > > We discussed some target markets for
> focusing an advertising campaign
> > > on. New start-up small to mid-size
> business and medical offices were the
> > > most common targets.
> >
> > This is a good and sensible approach.
> However, these are also the
> > same businesses that can't afford
> staff programmers, so appropriate
> packaged
> > software (or reasonably priced custom
> software) must be available. I think
> > that will be the biggest stumbling
> block to overcome. You'll need to have
> > references to people who are
> successfully using software X, Y and Z
> in
> > similar situations, if you expect to
> wean them from Windows.
> >
> > I search the web regularly for Linux
> business software, but most of what
> > I've found seems to fall somewhere
> between pre-beta and vaporware, or is
> > priced out of the small business
> market. Hopefully, I am totally wrong
> > about this - if so, someone correct
> me.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Irv
> >
> >
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