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Re: Live from the 2003 Fall AMIA Conference
by I. Valdes on Friday November 14, @01:16PM
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| If he does understand what open source is, then he isn't showing it and he certainly changed the definition to suit himself. It is a complete oxymoron to say that you only need access to your data, not to the code. How are you going to access your data without access to the programs that make the data do anything? Mainframe's were characterized by users having to ask or beg expensive high priests of computers to get it to do things for you. While out-sourcing data backup may be logical for many, it isn't for everyone, particularly newer generations of physicians. You shouldn't have to give up your right to do it yourself. He spoke with absolutes so I must conclude that he means everyone. If he didn't, he should have said so. This and Dr. Zuckermann's devaluating and sweeping generalizations about the ability of physicians to handle 'complex code' seem to me to be quite out in the weeds, generally not helpful and even insulting. It is the old 'doctors don't do things with computers' argument which does little good and much damage.
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