RE: OSS (was RE: Green screen - it's time is over/CODE/400 )

Peter,

Thanks for the reply, and the info on SMS.

I was actually referring to MMS, out of Indianapolis.  I think it stands for
Merchandising Management Systems.  I think their philosophy on code closely
follows SMS, BTW.

Also BTW, I get mixed up at times (although I'm sure nobody has noticed...
ROFLMAO...!).  I've never met a single person on this list, so don't have
ANY faces to connect to names.  I thought I recalled a post where Don was
recommending Peter somebody who was running for COMMON BOD.  I thin' he
won...?  Anyhoo...  Unless I'm getting my names confused again:  you, sir,
are guilty of false-modesty...:-)  Don't recall details of any posts, and
don't have time to check the archives right now, though.

jt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Peter Dow
> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 4:28 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: OSS (was RE: Green screen - it's time is over/CODE/400 )
>
>
> Hi jt,
>
> Nice to meet you too. Btw, it was SMS, not MMS. SMS used to stand
> for Shared
> Medical Systems, now it's Siemens Medical Systems.  I don't know
> if that was
> a buy out or just a name change.  Med Series 4 is actually a bunch of
> applications that run on iSeries -- AR, ADT (Admit/Discharge/Transfer),
> CaseMix, MIRA (Medical Information Records Analysis, or something like
> that), Electronic Billing, Expected Reimbursement, etc.  It's a pretty old
> system, originally written by Intermountain Health Care (IHC) out of Utah.
> I've seen a lot of comments in the code indicating modifications that came
> from various customers of SMS, and it's a good thing -- not quite OSS, but
> along those lines.  The major difference being that the source
> code is only
> "open" to paying customers.
>
> I've only been to COMMON once, and never ran for anything, so that must be
> another Peter.  As far as knowledgeable posts, I hope so, but
> then again I'm
> pretty far down the totem pole when it comes to the knowledgeable
> people on
> this list.
>
> Regards,
> Peter Dow
> Dow Software Services, Inc.
> 909 425-0194 voice
> 909 425-0196 fax
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jt" <jt@ee.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 10:23 AM
>
>
> > Peter,
> >
> > Nice to "meet" ya...
> >
> > I've known one or two pretty good size ISVs that do NO customization of
> > their code.  (Don't recall, but I thin they still provided sourced for
> their
> > customers to modify).  Don't recall the companies, for sure.
> >
> > One POS vendor, I do recall, said that when a customer has a good idea,
> they
> > fold it into their package.  Very sound approach, IMV.  If it's
> a package
> > has a big enough customer-base, and their's had one.. a change one
> customer
> > wants is almost certainly going to be useful to another customer anyway.
> I
> > think they would work out some kind of cost-sharing.  We didn't go with
> the
> > vendor, so have no actual experience.
> >
> > IIRC, MMS may have had a similar approach.
> >
> > <aside re: MMS>
> >
> > Looked at them back in '91.  They're a very sophisticated, specialized
> > package that handles the complexities involved in solving
> > Merchandising/Distribution/Allocation issues in Retail.  Principles name
> was
> > Chuck somebody.  VERY knowledgable.  Seemed like good folks, though we
> > didn't end up going with them.  Didn't know if anyone was in the market
> for
> > something along these lines, just but thought I'd mention them.
>  (They're
> > out of Indianapolis, BTW).
> >
> > </aside>
> >
> > Thanks for writing, Peter.  Don't recall particulars (IIRC, you ran for
> > COMMON...??) but I've seen many knowledgable posts in the past,
> so sort-of
> > already "met" you...;-)
> >
> > jt
> >
> > <aside>
>
>
>
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