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Re: Outing Patient OS
by Tim Cook on Saturday December 01, @09:32PM
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| This doesn't happen often. But I have to vehemently disagree with Fred.
*The whole ethos of FOSS dictates that developers should work together, sharing improvements of software between them. For this reason forking, or starting a redundant project, is often viewed as an attack against the community.*
First of all, the ethos of open source is to let a thousand flowers bloom. I have a HUGE appreciation for your frustration with duplication of effort. I've dealt with those same personal feelings myself since 1999.
Remember when you forked FreeMED **AND** OpenEMR?
"http://www.linuxmednews.com/1112344633/index_html":http://www.linuxmednews.com/1112344633/index_html
Yeah, that was pretty frustrating too.
The fact is that people have different needs/wants and desires. I don't know Greg but I did see in a post somewhere that he is doing this because he enjoys it. That is a pretty legitimate reason in my mind. Maybe in a few months he'll change his mind and join another project.
I can **PROMISE** you that there are more projects to come. My new one and others based on openEHR specifications. Are you going to roast us on your blog then as well?
As a colleague and a friend I would like to ask you to pause and think about it for a bit in order to help get by the frustrations.
Regards,
Tim |
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