On 15-07-2021 08:30, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi, > > On 2021-07-14 3:54 p.m., Weaver wrote: >> On 15-07-2021 05:42, ellanios82 wrote: >>> On 7/14/21 9:27 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: >>>> Doctors and Dentists run windows as the base for all of their practice >>>> software. I don't know of any linux software that could replace that >>>> software either. Could it be some software house would be able to get >>>> linux versions available and make some money? >>> >>> ... >>> >>> - just so :) >>> >>> - at one stage needed windows stuff : ran on Virtual-Box : perfect !! >> >> There are medical and dental practice softwares which runs on Linux, and >> it's in the repositories. >> >> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=medical+practice&searchon=all&suite=unstable§ion=all >> >> Has anybody pointed it out to their doctor/dentist yet? >> Cheers, >> > Have you done it ?
No, have you? > What is needed to run a doctor office can you tell me ? That's quite a topic to cover in an email, but yes, I know. > Does your "suite" cover it all ? Never used it, have you? Or is this just another example of your ability to denigrate something with no evidence to support it? > What would be the benefits for the doctor/dentist ? Stability and, discounting adminstration overhead, free to use. Have you priced out proprietary alternatives> They're _very_ expensive. > Again, don't get into the FOSS thingy. I haven't. But I don't see any reason to denigrate that aspect, either. > Don't give much about this. > > Computer = tool > Tool = effective > If I need to change my habits = Must be a really good reason The first step is honest assessment of requirement, which you don't appear to have done. > I feel like all this is emotion based and no one really took time to ask > themselves why won't they... > > Maybe because even if you have a software, if it doesn't interact with > other part of the system, it's a bit useless. Like a computer on a > network that doesn't speak IP... Then you need to look at the interaction points, see what can be done about that aspect, if that is, indeed, the state. Where do you get the idea it isn't? Cheers! Harry. -- `When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty' -- Thomas Jefferson
