kanthaka - Slashdot User

Comment Real-time search (Score 1) 77

by kanthaka on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @04:34PM (#32970004) Attached to: What the Google-ITA Deal Really Portends

With ITA Google doesn't just get a database, ITA's QPX system does much more than that. It could be thought of as a variation of real-time search--ITA gets fare updates thoughout the day (4 times a day, if I remember correctly). ITA has been working on making their fare search engine more general purpose, and I don't think it's a stretch to think of it as another way to improve Google's real-time search capabilities outside of the travel area.

Hope For FOSS In Electronic Health Records 92

Posted by kdawson on Saturday March 14, 2009 @05:12PM from the ray-of-light dept.

Fred Trotter writes "CCHIT is the dominant Electronic Health Record certification body in the US. It is also decidedly anti-FOSS and has been for years. Certification of one kind or another will be required for EHR systems to qualify for funding under the Stimulus Act. If CCHIT is chosen as the certification body, and the current certification strategies continue, it will not be possible to have a funded EHR that is both certified and truly FOSS. Now, however, CCHIT has agreed to meet the FOSS Health IT community at HIMSS 09 to address this issue." We discussed the shortcomings in the stimulus bill as it relates to FOSS a few days back.

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