Re: [Fsfe-uk] Free software and the NHS

[graham]

MJ Ray wrote:
> graham <address@hidden> wrote:

> > Does anyone have a more optimistic point of view on the public services 
> > to kick-start me into revamping open.egov?
>
> Sadly not.  I'm as cynical as it gets.  Off-list, I was told that
> http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.gov.uk/ was built on debian (now
> upgraded to Ubuntu), Apache, Zope and Plone; and that there's a case
> study of Beaumont Hospital's moves towards free software at
> http://www.netproject.com/online.html just now.
Hmmm.. a plone-based website is hardly a revolution in the NHS, and the 
Beaumont study is old...

However, open.egov.org.uk is now up and running again, and hopefully 
slightly more spam-proof for now. As I mentioned, it hasn't been touched 
for some time and many links are now broken so any updates would be 
greatly appreciated. It does need login for editing, but anyone can 
register (including spam engines - I couldn't find a mediawiki with a 
login protection mechanism. I prefer the 'what sex is a cow' type of 
thing to image captcha being short sighted myself. Does anyone know of a 
suitable mediawiki plugin?)

Thanks for pushing me to sort this out...

Graham


> Thanks for the tips,