Musings from the basement of a very tall building

Posted By Robin Freeman |  last update 27-Jun 2010

Apple Mac's are very stylish machines, I can easily visualise the 27 inch screen all in one on my desk.  On the other hand I would feel very clever with a linux based machine dribbling lines of code down the screen, Matrix like, as it did, whatever it does.  Is there any point in me splashing out on my Mac, or hitting the linux learning curve?  Absolutely none.  My NHS trust, like yours(?), for better or worse, runs PC's with Windows operating systems and applications as per the NHS contract.  If therefore I am to use my application development hobby to improve my lot, the lot of my colleagues, and perhaps the lot of our patients, Windows is what we have to talk about.

In my next blog, under the same monica, I will attempt to discuss why web based applications are best for us, and perhaps you to.