[Gnumed-devel] Re: gui for Wizard Type Installer

[J Busser]

> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Richard Terry wrote:
>
> > I'm happy to do the gui-design for this with the wxWizard thing if eveyone
> > makes a list of what they want included.
> Just a question:  *WHO* is the *typical* person that installs GnuMed?
> Is it a service provider for doctors or is it a random doctor just stumbling
> over a free alternative pratice management software?

related questions:

1. who presently *tries* to install gnumed
2. who installs gnumed now SUCCESSFULLY and
3. do we wish it to be anyone different?

1. who presently *tries* to install gnumed --- I imagine that who 
*tries* to install it now *could* be a doctor (service provider doing 
research on behalf of a doctor or a group of doctors) looking to 
better inform themselves on what is available, and/or to look for 
software they might be able to use right away or at some time in the 
near future (weeks to months).

2. who installs gnumed now SUCCESSFULLY --- Given the limited 
development of gnumed, I think there cannot be many (if any) doctors 
or doctor groups that have paid a service provider to try to work 
with gnumed. So I suspect that those who have installed gnumed 
*successfully* have been *almost* all doctor hobbyists having 
moderate or more experience with *nix system administration, and also 
having various kinds and degrees of computer programming skill.

3. do we wish it to be anyone different? --- We earlier had 
discussion suggesting that at least for the gnumed client, a 
point-and-click installer could be important to enhance the numbers 
of persons further examining gnumed. I believe that it was felt that 
for a gnumed server, it could be appropriate to expect the person to 
have sysadmin skills.