From: Tim Cook <Tim.Cook@BMHCC.org>
To: "'lwn@lwn.net'" <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: Press Release
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 12:35:22 -0500

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Largest Open Source Vertical Market Project

Internet - 29 June, 1999 - Open Source advocate, healthcare
IT professional, launches what is to be the largest vertical
market open source project to date. 

With a market potential in the hundreds of thousands of installations
the _Free Practice Management_ (FreePM) project will provide opportunity
for thousands of people to enhance or startup their consulting careers.
Opportunities will open up for those interested in installation and 
support as well as customizations.

Virtually all physicians offices use some type of information system
to track patient care and scheduling as well as process insurance claims.
The current offerings available are typically expensive and hardware 
hungry applications. 'I believe the open source community will deliver
a robust, user designed application that will provide performance and 
cost advantages worth upgrading to', says Tim Cook, project coordinator.

Using only open source components, FreePM is a web based application 
consisting of a base module with a wide variety of specialty modules
as add ons depending on the needs of the practice.
There are positions available for everyone that wants to be involved 
in changing the future of software delivery. 

We want you to participate in the  design from the ground
up. You can read more about FreePM and signup for the discussion
mailing list at our temporary homepage:
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Falls/7170/FreePM

You may also contact Tim directly at twcook@iswt.com


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