Re: SMB Linux approaches?
Taran Rampersad <[email protected]>
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Lawrence E. Rosen wrote: >>Last year I was very close to getting the Medical Professional >>Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MPATT) signed on to do medical >>admininstration software which could be used by not only Doctors in >>private practice, but also hospitals. Honestly, it probably >>could have >>been hacked out in one week - and been scalable and allow data >>interchangeability between Doctors, and so on. But Doctors, at least >>locally, weren't interested. They were more interested in >>purchasing the >>software for their own personal use - if I ever write it, I'm >>guaranteed >>2 sales, and they won't get much support out of me for what I >>can charge >>them. Many of them nodded appreciatively when I explained how >>the Apache >>system worked... how everyone helped fund the project. >> >> > >I'm missing something. If it could have been "hacked out in one week," why >didn't you just do that? It is much easier to sell software than to sell a >plan for software. > > Yes. It is. But eating is much more important to me. I do not have the luxury of a large bank account at this time, otherwise I would be flooding the market with software ideas. Instead, I focus on eating and try such things in 'spare' time. Feel free to send money. :) >I've been in the software business long enough not to trust someone who says >he'll implement a full, working solution to a complex business problem in a >week. > >/Larry Rosen > > This implies you do not trust me. I'm wounded. :) But, you see, there are differences in this local market. And I'm doing this all on a budget that many of you would consider poverty level where you live. On top of that, if I don't prep the market, I don't make *any* money. I would write software at no cost for others, and I would be crazy. Philanthropy is for rich people. If you're ever in my neck of the woods, let me know. I'll take you on a guided tour. -- Taran Rampersad [email protected] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.fsc.cc/ http://www.uwi.edu/scs/ http://www.a42.com http://www.xeebra.com Coming Soon: eAsylum.net