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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> > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) > mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. >
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