Fred Trotter

Lets review the problems with HealthVault.
Most of my posts have been centered on the problem with Dr. Deborah Peels endorsement of Microsoft’s Healthvault.
In Medically, Legally, and Politically Savvy but Technically Uninformed. I discuss the fact that Dr. Deborah Peel has endorsed Healthvault, despite being totally unqualified to do so. I also note that no […]

Often I get phone calls, emails or other correspondence that begins. “We have this great patent pending idea and we want to use open source”. Hopefully I will take some time and write more about why software patents are a particular problem with medical software, but for now I am satisfied to link to a […]

At work, I often have to use a Windows machine. Despite my opinions regarding FOSS software, Windows is a fact of corporate life. Often, I cannot even dual boot. *sigh*
However, when I do have to use Windows, I do not like to go far without my *nix power tools. Here is a list of tools […]