Interesting blog post about the cost of DHIS 2

Hi,

Here is an interesting blog post on the cost of DHIS 2, and Free and
Open Source Software in general:

http://www.datadyne.org/2013/05/global-dev-where-free-means-expensive/

Not sure where he got the idea that a national, or any, HIS
implementation can be free from, but I guess he has a point that it is
important to be clear on what part is free.
We can definitely be better at providing guidance on the
implementation costing, although I don't think we have been trying to
hide the fact that training thousands of users can be expensive.

The freedom aspect of free software is of course not mentioned in his
blog at all....

Ola

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HISP
Department of Informatics
University of Oslo

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Interesting, and we should work on the wording on our website.

However, I read his point as nothing is really free, except magpi. In his comparison with DHIS2 though, he's comparing apples and oranges. He also fails to mention that you have to pay per reported form, and for extra functionality. Not that he doesn't have a point about DHIS2, but he's comparison is quite unfair.

https://datadyne.zendesk.com/entries/21093588-Cost-of-Magpi-formerly-EpiSurveyor-

Johan

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On 31.05.2013 09:54, Ola Hodne Titlestad wrote:

Hi,

Here is an interesting blog post on the cost of DHIS 2, and Free and
Open Source Software in general:

http://www.datadyne.org/2013/05/global-dev-where-free-means-expensive/

Not sure where he got the idea that a national, or any, HIS
implementation can be free from, but I guess he has a point that it is
important to be clear on what part is free.
We can definitely be better at providing guidance on the
implementation costing, although I don't think we have been trying to
hide the fact that training thousands of users can be expensive.

The freedom aspect of free software is of course not mentioned in his
blog at all....

Ola
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HISP
Department of Informatics
University of Oslo

Mobile: +47 48069736
Home address: Eftasåsen 68, 0687 Oslo, Norway. Googlemaps link

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Interesting but skewed line of thought. It's easy to get tangled with this when one fails to draw the line between the software and the system it supports - Ubuntu is free but you will need to deploy it on hardware that is not free.....The fact that DHIS2 is Free and open source is not a debatable fact but ignoring the cumulative cost of running an information system will be treading a dangerous path...

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Interesting, and we should work on the wording on our website.

However, I read his point as nothing is really free, except magpi. In his comparison with DHIS2 though, he's comparing apples and oranges. He also fails to mention that you have to pay per reported form, and for extra functionality. Not that he doesn't have a point about DHIS2, but he's comparison is quite unfair.

https://datadyne.zendesk.com/entries/21093588-Cost-of-Magpi-formerly-EpiSurveyor-

Johan

On 31.05.2013 09:54, Ola Hodne Titlestad wrote:

Hi,

Here is an interesting blog post on the cost of DHIS 2, and Free and
Open Source Software in general:

http://www.datadyne.org/2013/05/global-dev-where-free-means-expensive/

Not sure where he got the idea that a national, or any, HIS
implementation can be free from, but I guess he has a point that it is
important to be clear on what part is free.
We can definitely be better at providing guidance on the
implementation costing, although I don't think we have been trying to
hide the fact that training thousands of users can be expensive.

The freedom aspect of free software is of course not mentioned in his
blog at all....

Ola
------

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Ola Hodne Titlestad (Mr)
HISP
Department of Informatics
University of Oslo

Mobile: +47 48069736
Home address: Eftasåsen 68, 0687 Oslo, Norway. Googlemaps link

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