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Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed on Mac - maybe ; on the IPAD - (n)ever


From: Syan Tan
Subject: Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed on Mac - maybe ; on the IPAD - (n)ever
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:28:48 +0000

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On Fri 16/04/10 02:19 , "Rogerio Luz Coelho" address@hidden sent:
> IPad is an overgrown iPhone, if we can put a client to a iPhone it *should*
> work on the iPad ... the question is why would we? 
> Rogerio  
> 
> 2010/4/14 Sebastian Hilbert 
> Hi all,
> 
> What is the situation on the Mac ?
> There is no reason why GNUmed would not run. We have not tested it for
> some
> time. I guess MacOSX is very much like Windows with regards to software
> management. Apple seems to care liitle if you have trouble managing
> software.
> So the best approach would be to go for frozen binaries just as we do on
> Windows and throw it all in a big fat dmg. For the server I guess
> macports can
> be used and gm-boostrap_server should work as well.
> 
> People seem to go crazy over the iPad despite its obvious limitations.
> Everyone is telling this fairy tale story that Apple is after the
> healthcare
> industry. The Oscar folks have been dreaming about it for some time.
> 
> So is GNUmed ever going to appear on the iPad ? I guess not anytime soon
> (TM).
> Apple has decided that python is not a first class citizen on their
> devices.
> The upcoming version 4 of their OS simply forbids anything but
> Objective-C, C
> and Javascript.
> 
> Primarly designed to keep out Adobe Flash it hits FOSS hard. Guess he
> will
> still manage to sell a good number of device. People simply love looking
> at it
> :-)
> 
> Unless proven to be vaporware the Wepad could turn out to be the
> alternative.
> Hardware specs are better (it is not as shiny and heavier) and runs a
> full
> fledged Linux. Ok, they managed to screw up by producing a Windows error
> during the press conference showing that it was a video in an endless
> loop :-)
> 
> If anyone wants to have a go at producing binaries for the Mac with e.g.
> pyinstaller let me no so I can can give you the pyinstaller setup script
> I use
> on MS Windows.
> 
> BTW I was looking for the prices of a used Mac but let me tell you unless
> they
> change their insane price/hardware ratio I am not going to get one myself
> anytome soon.
> 
> Sebastian
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