Ahmad wrote:
> What do I need, for example, the entire Read database on my hard
> disk for? Ditto drug dictionaries, directories, knowledge DBs
> etc.etc.
>
> What do I need complicated e-mail protocols to make simple
> communications for? Why can't I just use the browser to send mail,
> files, images and the whole lot for that matter. Wouldn't it be
> attractive just to be able to that from *anywhere* and from *any*
> platform?
This is the idea Oracle have been trying to sell for eighteen months in an
attempt to break us of the habit of using PCs. The old-timers say
'hang-on, we were quite glad to get rid of terminals and mainframes'.
Oracle say 'yes, but think how cheap terminals are now'. I for one don't
trust the idea of having someone like the NHSE in command of half my
software!
Andrew
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Dr. Andrew N. Herd MRCGP
GP, Journalist, and Medical Adviser to Durham Health Authority
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