[Gllug] European Health Systems

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 19 Apr, John Hearns wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 20:28, Chris Bell wrote:
> > 
> >    There was some talk about it a year or two ago, and I think it was
> > somewhere in central America, possibly Mexico. However I can't picture many
> > of the medical authorities in the EEC happily using M$. There was also some
> > talk more recently about the EEC preparing to take action against M$
> > monopoly.
> > 
> 
> Chris, so, so sorry to be sarccy and have the toasting fork
> out for flaming, but HELLO?????
> 
> Have a read at this article in the Register
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24700.html
> 
> 
> "The UK's National Health Service Information Authority has awarded a
> single tender for the specification of national electronic health record
> system to Microsoft, which does seem to suggest that
> a certain company will do well out of the ensuing project. The decision
> was taken at the NHSIA management board meeting on 7 February, and will
> initially be worth £250,000."
> 
> 
> I was going to flag it to the list at the time,
> but I'm trying to shake off my image as a sourpuss :-)
> I'm also trying to stop running off at the mouth on 
> publicly-archived email lists too.
> 
> 
> 
Hello John,

   Haven't had time to look at your references yet, (I download, then read
off line as I get the time), but why on earth would you want to remain
silent? Your previous emails show that you know more about the subject than
most of us together!

-- 
Chris Bell



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