[Pad-prg-mgt-news] Update on AED Program Manager Status

[Robert A. <rob...@us...>]

As you have probably noticed, there has not been much activity around 
here lately. There are two reasons for this. The first is a new project 
I am involved with that is centered on open source software development 
for emergency services. The OpenISES (Open Information Systems for 
Emergency Services) Project (http://openises.sourceforge.net) is a site 
dedicated to helping expand the development and use of open source 
software and materials in the emergency service setting. There are 
sections for Emergency Management, EMS, Fire Service and Law 
Enforcement. We hope to begin adding training materials as well as open 
source software in the coming months. I would encourage you to take a 
look at the project and if so inclined, give us a hand.

The second reason for the slowdown in the AED Program Manager is a 
review of what has been accomplished so far. We are looking at forking 
the project, both at the database and the front-end coding. At this 
time, it looks like the back-end database will be converted to MySQL. As 
far as the front end goes, we are still debating whether to utilize a 
'web' interface using PHP or to try a variant of Visual Basic (such as 
Kbasic) that will allow us to write a front end that can be used on 
either Windows or Linux. As always, your thoughts on this are most welcome.

Sorry for the slow down in the progress of the program. We haven't 
abandoned the work, only deferred it for a period of time. We hope you 
understand our reasons and agree with them.

Thanks
Bob