Re: [Op-torch-general] OS of choice

[Tim C. <ti...@op...>]

On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 08:45, Michael Rowley wrote:
> Happy holidays everyone!
> 
> Well, It looks like my practice is going to be reality. I signed 
> contracts today.  I am looking forward to using TORCH as my EMR.

Excellent news.

> What OS's has everyone been running on?  I will provably stick with 
> Redhat as I know it, but it will be interesting to see.  

I have used exclusively RedHat for the past several years and did so
because I thought it would be better for end users to have that support
structure available even if they didn't use it.

I have been harassed by several people the past year or so about going
to Debian and building Debian packages of my software.  This may become
a reality now that I realize we will have to maintain a CVS with all of
the foundational software as well as TORCH2 code (see previous email).

The other thing that is leading me toward a Debian distribution is the
proposal by Bruce Perens regarding UserLinux (see:
http://www.userlinux.com/white_paper.html).  I have written to Bruce
regarding FOSS for healthcare and I am considering getting heavily
involved in this organization.  I highly recommend that those of you
wishing to get involved in doing TORCH installations etc get involved in
this as part of your support structure.  Thoughts?

Cheers,
Tim