I must appologize to all of you providers, although many of you chimed in with me (Rainy are you listening), when I first started begging for the PM module over a year ago.
Although my memory on what we were told about the pending 4.0 is kind of hazy now, it looks like the PM part is going to be set-up in an AC services only fashion. Sort of like the back-up function that really should be able to do the same thing whether sending the data to AC's servers or opting to send it to a chosen source like a USB or networked drive. This is why I keep saying I too would be willing to discuss giving AC more so Jon can have a solid source of revenue to build his company and develop this product for all of us while designing it in a more user's choice fashion.
I forget if it was Wayne or not, but whomever it was, someone a long time ago posted a response to me about being careful for what one wishes for in terms of AC and the direction that the company and the product takes. This was back when I was making the pitch for the PM so we don't have the two to three vendor nightmares of working with the x-link, AC and some PM module. It was soon after the state based Rx's and the MidMark-Ritter interface. Now we use the ECG interface but we had already purchased that particular ECG way before we hooked-up with AC. Anyway, every since thing got really strange and stressed here a little over a year ago; and the more you folks keep talking about get the thing well polished before adding more major features, my mind keeps coming back to that insightful thought...
I gather most of us who have sent Jon and AC our biggest and best "Wishes" all have a bit of a role that we have played in this. The more I think about this the more I wish we really could have an AC convention, an "AC Meet", much like I do in my Mopar and Jeep hobbies, with Jon and his team. Hang out together, shoot the breeze, brainstorm while talking around a nice fire in the lobby of some nice lodge, over coffee and drinks. I think it could be really awesome. Goodness knows what might come from such a positive collaboration.
And I think it would help to clear up a number of things and give us all a feeling of being vested in this product and it's continued success, although I think many of us already do have those feelings sort of. AC is sort of a small version of Apple and Mac. Users who care more about the product they use, have a sense of a connection to it, and to varying degrees would want to actually be involved in the products design and development. Certainly most of the people here in present company fit this description. That's my two cents for what it is worth.
Jon, Vinny, AC are you listening???
