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Re: HealthVault: Abusing vs Implementing Standards by Dr. Sanjay M. Udoshi on Monday October 22, @09:04AM I agree completely. I am very surprised that MS has launched this ahead of Google's efforts in the same space. Google has been working on a truly standards compliant (CCR based) PHR for the last three years, and I think that MS (in light of recent consumer failures to thrive - like the Zune, Vista, and a multitude of others) wanted to be the "first out the gate" with something! This was their chance, and I strongly feel that it will fail. In a recent post on LMN, the concept of the lifetime personal health record by Dossia was elucidated, and at first glance, it seems they already have traction based on the support of very large employers in the corporate world. The PHR is here, it has been in development for at least the last 5 years as an adjunct to the EHR, and yet again MS has misjudged the market. MS is increasingly becoming irrelevant to the innovative edge of technology. Everywhere you look, in both pro-sumer and consumer markets, MS is being trumped. Instead of examining their failures (IMHO, a direct result of 2 decade old thinking on proprietary technology), the continue to employ the same insular tactics. With Google, JBoss, RedHat, Sun, and a myriad of others flourishing on OSS, it seems their scotoma is leading to complete and utter blindness. The light of hope comes from the fact that they have failed in so many other market realms over the last decade, and so I feel they will fail at this as well... Post Reply Name Email Notify Notify me via email of responses to this message Title Comment (Check those URLs! Don't forget the http://!) Encoding HTML Structured Text Plain Text If none of the above mean anything to you, select 'Plain'! Attachment (You can attach a file to your reply which can then be retrieved by other readers. Try to keep the file sizes below 500Kb in order to conserve network and server resources.) Enter the above code (*Required) Allowed HTML <B> <I> <P> <A> <LI> <OL> <UL> <EM> <BR> <TT> <HR> <STRONG> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV .*> <DIV> <P .*> Important Stuff: Note: Fields with bold titles are required. Please try to keep posts on topic. Try to reply to other people comments instead of starting new threads, Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said. Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about. Please do not post offtopic, inflammatory, inappropriate, illegal, or offensive comments. Repeat offenders will be sanctioned.

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