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Re: Faxing and e-mail Modules Added to PhpMed
by Chris Deam on Friday September 05, @02:05PM

Dear Mr. Trotter,

I cannot help but question your motives for posting a personal message such as this on a public forum, however, I will do my best to respond.

How could I morally offer a solid practice management/EMR application that works, is programed for the real flow of a doctor's office, runs on opensource software, is one-third the price of most PM/EMR programs, offers all the faxing and network services, and not charge for data importation?

In case you didn't catch it, that is a rhetorical question. You and I both know that I could easily charge twice and even three times what PhpMed costs and still be well under other PM/EMR software.

However, it is exactly my moral high ground that caused me to charge what I really feel is PhpMed's inherent value and no more. I have put a lot of work and knowledge into PhpMed to make it a solid system. I am sorry if I have struck a sour note with you and any one else at FreeMed. That was never my intention.

Choice is good. I am not trying to "control" PhpMed users. They are free to modify their own code to their liking, they just can't redistribute/sell that code. I think that is extremely fair. They also are not required to contribute that code back into the system (although it is extremely encouraged.)

Unfortunately I do not have the luxury of working for free unlike you (apparently.)

"Open Source" does not mean free. It simply means that I do not "control" the coding language/development tools of PhpMed or the underlying software it runs on and the end user is free to view/modify the source code they "buy".

I hope I have answered your questions to your satisfaction.

Sincerely,
Christopher Deam
President
Digital Home Port, Inc.
PhpMed Medical Software
www.phpmed.com

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