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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, and with xml gaining currency, I cannot 
understand why organisations who have&nbsp;a collection of systems that need to 
be integrated aren't using&nbsp;xml to devise a data interchange standard for 
their diverse systems rather than trying to build one giant system. I think the 
Ultranet is a case in point.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Robert T-A</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
  <DIV 
  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
  <A title=rgesthuizen@gmail.com href="mailto:rgesthuizen@gmail.com">Roland 
  Gesthuizen</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au 
  href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing 
  List</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:22 
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Any 
  lessons to be learned?</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>strength in diversity is what I seem to read in this.<BR></DIV>
  <DIV><BR>On 23/09/2011, at 12:14 AM, Cameron Bell &lt;<A 
  href="mailto:bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</A>&gt; 
  wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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    <DIV>I would be interested in the opinions of others. Are comparisons with 
    Ultranet valid?
    <DIV>Cheers</DIV>
    <DIV>Cameron</DIV>
    <DIV><BR>
    <DIV>
    <DIV>On 23/09/2011, at 9:08 AM, Mark KELLY wrote:</DIV><BR 
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    <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">Thanks, Cameron - this is good for SD as 
      well.<BR><BR>And they said in 2007 that the system would never work 
      <BR>(<A 
      href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542486/20bn-NHS-computer-system-doomed-to-fail.html"><A 
      href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542486/20bn-NHS-computer-system-doomed-to-fail.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542486/20bn-NHS-computer-system-doomed-to-fail.html</A></A>)<BR><BR>
      <DIV class=gmail_quote>On 23 September 2011 08:20, Cameron Bell <SPAN 
      dir=ltr>&lt;<A href="mailto:bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au"><A 
      href="mailto:bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au">bell.cameron.p@edumail.vic.gov.au</A></A>&gt;</SPAN> 
      wrote:<BR>
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        <DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">
        <DIV>Great Case Study: British National Health Service scraps IT system 
        after 12 Billion pounds have been spent on it.</DIV>
        <DIV><BR></DIV><A 
        href="http://www.walletpop.co.uk/2011/09/22/nhs-computer-system-scrapped-costing-12-billion/" 
        target=_blank><A 
        href="http://www.walletpop.co.uk/2011/09/22/nhs-computer-system-scrapped-costing-12-billion/">http://www.walletpop.co.uk/2011/09/22/nhs-computer-system-scrapped-costing-12-billion/</A></A>
        <DIV><BR></DIV>
        <DIV>"At a checking in appointment recently the nurse filled out a 
        templated survey, and had to make copious notes on a scrap of paper for 
        things that hadn't been included on the computer template. At a 
        hospital, three different phone calls failed to get details of a 
        forthcoming appointment sent to the correct address because it was 
        apparently input incorrectly in four different places."</DIV>
        <DIV><BR></DIV>
        <DIV>From &nbsp; &nbsp;<A 
        href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2040259/NHS-IT-project-failure-Labours-12bn-scheme-scrapped.html" 
        target=_blank><A 
        href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2040259/NHS-IT-project-failure-Labours-12bn-scheme-scrapped.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2040259/NHS-IT-project-failure-Labours-12bn-scheme-scrapped.html</A></A></DIV>
        <DIV><BR></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT size=+0>"Following an official review, the ‘one size fits 
        all’ IT project will be replaced by much cheaper regional initiatives, 
        with hospitals and GPs choosing the IT system they need."</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><BR></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT size=+0><BR></FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT size=+0>Cheers</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT size=+0>Cameron</FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT size=+0><BR></FONT></DIV>
        <DIV><FONT size=+0><BR></FONT></DIV>
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