Journal Marxist Hacker 42's Journal: Ask Slashdot: LIMS software, bodily fluids testing. 4
Ok, seeing as how what they thought was a closed source, mission critical, owned by company A but programmed by company B piece of custom software, turns out it *might* be a closed source, owned by company B piece of software, and company B is going bankrupt and company A has hired me to keep them from going down the great whirlpool that company B seems bound and determined to attach us to, and because this is an industry slightly outside of my expertise, and I haven't been able to find much on google.
Does anybody in my circle currently work, or has ever worked, for a firm doing medical bodily fluids testing large volume? If so, what was your favorite LIMS software? Perferably Open Source so we never get into this closed source jam again?
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I interviewed at a bodily fluids testing company last year, but they didn't want me. :( Presumably you've already Googled most of the items on the list from Wikipedia [wikipedia.org].
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p.s. Whatever they were using, I remember they said it was Linux-based, and wasn't scaling even tho the maker promised it would, and they wanted to get away from it and build their own on the .NET technology stack. But they weren't sure if they wanted to spend the money on doing so, so I kinda think the solution they had been using was free. They seemed like a pretty tight-wad company, including expecting to find an architect-level dev for the price of a mid-level one. A company run by a bunch of tight-wad,
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Ours is:
1. Written in VB6
2. Using SQL Server, but was designed by a guy who only knew access (anyway, that's the only explanation I can give for 294 tables with only 29 relationships)
3. Client-server with a thick client.
If anything, the company I'm working for is the opposite- generous to a fault, and the previous contractor took them for everything they were worth (right down to a year and a half's worth of "development" while the next version was at 60%- always).
It's very much a windows shop though- so
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Yep- in fact, leading contender right now for our repacement came from that Wikipedia list-
STARLIMS