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[Alvin Marcelo <alvin.marcelo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just to link this to DHIS2 -- I find it wonderful to be able to leverage the
Indian and Vietnamese developers to help us out with our needs here in
Manila, but I also realize that we (Philippines) should contribute by paying
for quality developer-time from them.



On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Alvin Marcelo <alvin.marcelo@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Dear Mark,
>
> I think there are not many studies on the cost-benefit of FOSS
> implementations.  My hypothesis is that proprietary systems are charging
> just about right given that they try to keep the code closed (and therefore
> need to maintain operational expenses for keeping it locked and controlling
> all changes centrally). Those will definitely amount to expenses.
>
> On the other hand, a strategy for open source leverages volunteerism but is
> often plagued with quality concerns (at least here on this side of the
> globe).
>
> What am I trying to say? I think a comparable FOSS solution will probably
> cost as much as 500k because you would want to pay for quality support
> (probably from the core developers), but benefit from "free" services from
> the community such as test creation, debugging, minor enhancements, etc.
> Plus of course, full control of source code by the client.
>
> My two cents...
>
> alvin
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 1:02 AM, Mark Spohr <mhspohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks very much for these references.  The organization is similar to IRC
>> and knows people in IRC so should be able to contact them for details.
>> It's interesting that I still get resistance when I recommend open source
>> software.  They seem more comfortable with the financial package that they
>> just spent $500,000 on (and it's still not running well after two years).
>>
>> I will keep up the good fight.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Mark
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 1:12 PM, jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx <
>> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Although in the very early stages of deployment, PATH is using (in
>>> Zambia) and planning to use DHIS in several other countries in support of
>>> malaria surveillance.
>>>
>>> Sent from my HTC
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>> From: "Knut Staring" <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Date: Wed, Jun 29, 2011 13:28
>>> Subject: [Dhis2-users] DHIS use by international NGO?
>>> To: <mhspohr@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Cc: <dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>> Interesting. IRC is using it across countries, in fact I am hosting it
>>> for
>>> them on a virtual server.
>>>
>>> Regards, Knut (via mobile phone)
>>> On Jun 29, 2011 6:38 PM, "Mark Spohr" <mhspohr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > A international NGO is looking for a system collect and manage data
>>> from
>>> > programs in 8 countries.
>>> > I think that DHIS should work well for them.
>>> > Does anyone know of an organization using DHIS across countries?
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Mark Spohr, MD
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Spohr, MD
>>
>>
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