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

[Charles Marcus]

Unless, for markets like this, we simply set up an LTSP network and a
Tarantella/Win4Lin server for accessing the necessary apps.  It would still
be *much* easier to maintain, *much* cheaper than an NT network, and much
more reliable.

Charles

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irv Mullins [mailto:irvm at ellijay.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:46 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Re: [ale-unemployed] Where we stand 2/8/02
>
>
> On Monday 11 February 2002 11:21 pm, jeff hubbs wrote:
>
> > It might therefore be a lost cause to try to help these medical
> > practices avoid these upgrade costs, for the real solution
> is to create
> > a replacement app for networked Linux systems.  This is a
> noble goal,
> > certainly, but if you ascribe to the postulate that says
> that it takes
> > ten years to produce quality software almost no matter what
> it is or how
> > many people work on it, you're fighting an uphill battle
> nevertheless.
> > Sure, developing under Linux is schweet because the OS, the language
> > support, the libs, etc. are at your fingertips, but that
> still doesn't
> > change the fact that people still must code, test, code, test, code,
> > test.  That would be true if this were done in COBOL on
> VMS, BASIC on
> > TRS-80, or Brainfuck on PlayStation2.  No, for these guys,
> perhaps Linux
> > can be used to ease pain and suffering in a support role as
> > fax/file/print server, Perl-executing data munger, etc.
>
> There's more to it than that. Lots of these medical, dental,
> optical, and
> veterinary apps  come with a hefty subscription price which includes
> access to tons of information (drug interactions, etc, etc)
> and copyrighted
> info (like the sheets my optometrist prints out to explain
> what's wrong with
> my vision).  Those extra services help justify the price, and
> are things that
> just cannot be supplied by open-source programmers.
>
> All things considered, the medical field is not a good one to
> break into.
>
> Regards,
> Irv
>
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