Strange Sales Tactic: Oracle Blasts Defense-VA on Use of Open Source Software
Oracle Corp. put out a 19-page white paper last month that pilloried the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments for thinking open source software can save money...The white paper zeroed in on the now aborted effort to develop a Defense-VA integrated electronic health record as a prime example of the billions that can be wasted on an open source project – even though the Pentagon has historically resisted using VA’s...VistA system.
Oracle Corp. put out a 19-page white paper last month that pilloried the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments for thinking open source software can save money...The white paper zeroed in on the now aborted effort to develop a Defense-VA integrated electronic health record as a prime example of the billions that can be wasted on an open source project – even though the Pentagon has historically resisted using VA’s Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture, known as the VistA system.
Oracle headlined this section of its white paper, “An Open Source Failure That Cost Billions and Impacted the Healthcare of America’s Veterans.” Oracle has a simple solution to the problems posed by open source software “DoD customers need a vendor that understands their complete environment ….” And if Defense or VA wants to use open source, Oracle will gladly help integrate it (at a good price, I’m sure)...
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Strange, misleading paper by Oracle
A very strange paper by Oracle. Bottom line, though, seems to be their acknowledgement that most vendors now include ope source software in the solutions they offer when bidding for contracts. VA has had tremendous success with use of its award winning VistA system for decades which is used now in about 2000 hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, etc. in the U.S. and around the world - see http://www.openhealthnews.com/hotnews/vista-rivals-epic-and-cerner-major... I was puzzled over the mention of $16 billion wasted on iEHR. I don't know where that figure came up. Maybe it was a possible projected worst case to replace VistA and CHCS/AHLTA. There was not $16 billion spent on iEHR, so its a misleading statement by Oracle... I'll refrain from calling it a lie.