Guys,
I have been reading and watching this for quite some time now and it seems that you are talking at each other rather than with each other. "G" makes the good points of switching to a better, cleaner and more modern foundation for AC which in and of itself is probably a decent idea.
But the point that Vinny makes can not be denied. At what cost? AC is probably the least expensive EMR on the market and this is Jon's nitch. I shudder with deep understanding of what Vinny speaks of that such a conversion could "shoot the goose that is laying our golden eggs".
I have had this "expense" limitation conversation with Jon more than once and not always under the best of circumstances. Jon and AC have limited resources and not bottomless pockets and so cost and cost benefit is always in play with AC. To spend countless hours and dollars just to get back to what we already have seems pointless to me under such tight financial constraints.
Jon has made it clear that he only has so much budget even for such things as tech support for his users, and so I doubt he is going to or should attempt to find goodness knows how many extra dollars just fix what is unseen to most of us average end users. Most of us just want a modern fuel injected car... We put the key in, in the morning and the think easily wakes up, runs and idles smooth and gets us from point A to point B without a hitch. Exactly how it does this, so some extent I really couldn't care, as long as the darn thing work and works reliably each day my doctor and my office need it to. End of story.
Personally, I would much rather he use his limited resources continuing with his increase and improvements in support, tweak and refine the product we already have, and continue to develop the new features that we will need to get our day to day jobs done in our offices or that we need to compete and comply in this crazy business. Do I really care if the fuel injection system is throttle body or multi-point??? Not really if they are both going to be basically the same to me from the seat of my pants. And not at the risk of "Shoot our golden goose". That is a price too steep to pay....
Have a great night ya'll
Paul
