| Server |
High Performace
and Secure SQL Server |
Inferior Access,
DBase or BTree |
| Language |
High
Performance C++ |
Inferiior beginner
languase such as Visual Basic,
Access and Delphi. |
| Experience |
Forty+
years of medical development
experience
|
Varies greatly but
normally vendors have little
developement experience. They
sell a "closed" system. |
| Support |
Direct
from Manfacturer |
Indirect from
vendor to manfacturer of the
software, may take days for a
response. |
| Platform |
Windows
95, 98, NT |
Text, DOS or
Windows 3 based software. |
| Server
Options |
Windows
98,
Windows, NT,
IBM RS/6000
AS/400,
Redhat Linux,
SCO Unix |
DOS, Novell,
Windows, maybe Windows NT |
| Workstation
Options |
Thin
client Windows based
workstations. |
Old-Technology
"Thick" clients that
require much more expensive CPU. |
| Scalabilty |
The
SQL server design scales well
using the same technolgy that
serves millions of users at large
web sites. |
Bogs down after a
few users are added. |
| Design |
Designed
from the ground up for
performance and ease of use by
veteran developers. |
Have they ever
used the software they sell? |
| Pricing/Value |
The
best value of any Medical
Practice Management system in
it's class
|
Cheap does not
equal Value |
