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IT dashboard slows rush to proprietary VA software

IT dashboard slows rush to proprietary VA softwareUnderstand where the VA is today.I'm in the VA health care program and actually see no problem with the IT side.My records are totally computerized. If I bring in a report from outside of the system it's scanned in immediately.When I have...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, VA Software Corp., IT Dashboard, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

IT dashboard slows rush to proprietary VA software

Among the biggest projects halted by the government's IT Dashboard is a Cerner project to run the VA's labs under its proprietary scheme rather than the open source VistA system. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Information Technology, VA Software Corp., Dashboard, IT Dashboard, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Linux.com goes to Linux Foundation

After a decade with VA Linux Systems OSDN Sourceforge.net, Linux.com has come full circle. The news broke today that Linux.com is being transferred to the Linux Foundation, which says it will make Linux.com a "community resource... for the community, by the community." If that sounds familiar, it's...

Tags: VA Software Corp., Linux.com, Linux Foundation, LF Folk, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Joe Brockmeier

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Slashdot, SourceForge, ThinkGeek carry VA Software

Its been a long time since Ive bothered to look at VA Softwares earnings. But with a ticker like "LNUX" I figured Id get some color on the Linux market. Not quite.VA Software doesnt have much software any more. By revenue, its a media and e-commerce outfit. Aside from $2.1...

Tags: Web technology, OPEN SOURCE, VA Software Corp., SourceForge, e-commerce, LNUX, Slashdot, revenue, Linux, software

Blog posts 2006-11-28

Open source creates U.S. manufacturing jobs

Open Source Storage has just opened a 32,000 square foot manufacturing plant. In Sunnyvale. California. On the old Atari campus. CEO Eren Niazi said the fully-automated facility can turn out 1,000 systems a day. They can do reference designs, and turn around a customer in days instead of weeks. Open...

Tags: We&rsquo, re, open source, VA Software Corp.

Blog posts 2006-06-14

Augustin still believes in open source values

To get, first give. It's among the oldest Internet values. But having gone through the dot boom, the dot bust, and beyond, VA Linux founder Larry Augustin says it's still the key to success. I caught up with Augustin, who left his full-time role at VA in 2002 (he's still...

Tags: open source, It&rsquo, s, VA Software Corp.

Blog posts 2006-06-09

Linux entrepreneur tries again

Linux entrepreneur tries againLinux entrepreneur tries againSorry, but I wouldn't trust anything this guy does. Just look what he did with VA Linux. THey nearly went bankrupt and lost millions of dollars. No vision means no future.I predict total failure...This guy is an obvious fraud. First he gets...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Entrepreneurship, Operating systems, Strategy, VA Software Corp., SteveB, Billg, Linux, information technology

Discussion threads 2005-08-16

Additional Resources

Open source can save your life

Quick, if your life depended on it, which health care information system would you rather your hospital used: A proprietary system developed by software engineers based on marketing input, bug reports and customer requests? An open source system developed by thousands of health care practitioners including...

Tags: Hospital, Open Source, Health Care, VA, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2009-08-23

BitGravity LiveBroadcast to stream DEMO 08

This week I'll be at the Demo 2008 Conference checking out the more than 70 products showcased, and you can watch a live video feed of the proceedings courtesy of BitGravity. The startup content delivery service is launching LiveBroadcast, a flash-based streaming service. According to...

Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., Startup Content Delivery Service, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-28

PostgreSQL left out in database brouhaha

PostgreSQL left out in database brouhahaTalk about bias ntntThe reason PosgreSQL is left out...Dana, I think the reason that you'll see PosgreSQL left out of the database brouhaha is because the conversation this week is focused on the enterprise. While PostgreSQL may have great adoption for deployment within the...

Tags: Databases, PostgreSQL, Postgres, Ingres, database

Discussion threads 2008-01-18

Medsphere now says open source will make it dominant

"We’re the only open source provider in health care IT." As a result Medsphere Systems Corp. of Aliso Viejo believes it will one day be the biggest. The man making the prediction was new Medsphere CEO Michael Doyle. He has been on the job for just a...

Tags: Billing, Health Care, Medsphere Systems Corp., Doyle, Open Source, Vertical Industries, Corporate Governance, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-10-26

A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Tolesto

A Microsoft Code Name a Day: TolestoIt's actually 'Toasted' not 'Tolesto'"It won't include COM interop support and other features ..."Hmm.... some pundits think that this is actually the .net compact framework that was a flop in their windoze mobile devices.It failed to gain any traction against Linux, so M$ renamed...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Operating systems, Miserysoft, His-Name, Microsoft Corp., VCSY, Tolesto, health care, software

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Teens arrested in VA laptop theft

Teens arrested in VA laptop theft3.5 Months Later....why now?I can't say this enough, if that data was encrypted we wouldn't have to listen to any more BS about this issue. I am sick and tired of hearing different information on this stupid laptop, yes the VA was dumb and let...

Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, administration, government

Discussion threads 2006-08-07