Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 04:02:42 +1100 From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@eboa.com>, Jim <jameso@elwood.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Clinical Software Message-ID: <19990311040242.C22694@caamora.com.au> In-Reply-To: <36E3592C.FA088C09@eboa.com>; from Roelof Osinga on Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 05:59:24AM %2B0100 References: <19990307135554.D53722@elwood.net> <36E3592C.FA088C09@eboa.com>
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On Mon, Mar 08, 1999 at 05:59:24AM +0100, Roelof Osinga wrote: > Jim wrote: > > > > Quick question, I work at a Nursing home and have been working with > > FreeBSD to replace out our NT servers. A thought entered my mind today, > > all the users ever use is Excel, Word, Powerpoint, web, e-mail and the > > clincal/financal package for nursing homes. We are looking to replace our > > current package now, and I was wondering if there is any that will work on > > Unix. > > > > If we were able to find one, it would not be too hard of a step to move > > off of Windows alltoghter. The clincal software is all thats really > > holding us back. > > > > If anyone has any ideas, I am all ears. > > Hi Jim, > > I don't quite grasp what you mean with 'clinical software' and/or nursing > homes. But what we wrote, somewhere in 1983, is a software package for what > we call here 'service flats'. AKA old folks home. This was done in > DataFlex 2.3. While highly portable it was one of our first packages and > as such not quite year 2000 compatible (SerFlex, that is, not DataFlex). > So currently we are rewriting it in Delphi 1.x, as well as upgrading, > modernizing, etc. it. Delphi 1.x, btw, is for 16 bit Windows and maybe > Wine, haven't tried it yet. > > Currently our first priority is to get a Windows 3.x version that there is teh sun microsystms WABI ms windows emulator, and their is teh Bochs package in teh freebsd ports and packages tree. both of these are far more stable and reliable than wine is currently or will be in teh near future. it would pay to check both of these options out, it may just give you a new revenue stream. regards jonathan -- =============================================================================== Jonathan Michaels PO Box 144, Rosebery, NSW 1445 Australia ===========================================================<jon@caamora.com.au> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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