Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed - some thoughts

[J Busser]

> Also, if penetration of open source software into health care is 
> important, and this project is better positioned strategically, 
> whether by pursuing similar goals separately we are really just 
> repeating the Unix wars.

It isn't clear to me that either project needs to be "chosen" over 
the other, although to spread the available energy across both would 
slow net progress.

However, given OpenTAPAS is open source, should we be attentive to 
whether it can be helped, for example suggesting & helping (if they 
want/need) with pgautodoc & other tools & approaches?

And if we identify that OpenTAPAS becomes usable to meet doctors' 
(even just some doctors' needs) earlier or more suitably than GNUmed, 
should we look to help that to happen?

I can't help but think about analogies to battles and wars. So far 
the only battles we have had, have been internal within the list or 
offlist within this group.

But the larger purpose is to instill open source software into 
clinical practice. If it be critical to achieve some penetration 
before the legitimacy of FLOSS can be further argued on its merits, 
we should assist that penetration to happen. Even if it isn't GNUmed.