Le 19 mai 2012 à 19:58, Stathis Iosifidis (aka diamond_gr) a écrit :
Στις 19/05/2012 07:30 μμ, ο/η Eric Maeker έγραψε:
Hi,
I really believe that the OpenSuse Medical team should join the Debian Med one (which is the most active in this domain of work).
My thoughts are that the first need of the OpenSuse Medical project is to provide a full set of stable packages, not really a LiveCD. There are many package already done for OpenSuse (GNUmed, FreeMedForms, FreeDiams...).
Eric, FreeMedForms project administrator, Debian Med member
Eric, I have another point of view. The reason that developers build new software is because there's a need from the doctors to use them. The reason that researchers find a new drug for a disease is because there's a need.
So when a new drug is on the market, sellesmen must show the doctors what's the use of it and even give them a sample (if it's not expensive). The same is with software. When you have a new program, sellesmen (or marketing team) must show it to the doctors and then leave them a sample.
I think I know the doctors in my country (I hope they're same all around the world) and also conclusions from marketing books I've read. If someone listens something, he remembers 10% of the information after 3 days. If he listens and does something (eg use the livecd), he remembers 65% of the information after 3 days.
Personally I think that there's need of follow up.
So there's no need to add as many programs as we can to a repository, without show them to the target group. Also the target group is a windows based target group (meaning they need next>next>finish kind of programs).
That's my point of view.
Sure, but if your "product" is too restrictive for the current practice usage, users will not remember anything you said... That's how I am when, after too many hours of duty, someone comes to me and tries to show me something that I should use in my current practice. When I look to the available applications, I really feel like things are missing. Anyway, you're right, the medical community needs a "demonstrating media". Where to start is the question! :) Eric, freemedforms.com