Comments on: Health Dollars http://passthesource.org.nz/2010/01/25/health-dollars/ Free software today Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:24:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Nevyn http://passthesource.org.nz/2010/01/25/health-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Nevyn Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:06:31 +0000 http://passthesource.org.nz/?p=169#comment-623 The savings are a comparative thing. The "savings" in this case is the savings made by making the negotiations as a single body rather than each health board (all 26 of them) negotiating their own deal which would undoubtedly be a disaster. However, given that they stated that they're heavily reliant on MS products and so, by implication, had to make a deal anyway shows a huge problem. In the short term, they've got a deal. In the long term, they need to be spending in reducing that dependency if only, in my cynical state of mind, negotiate a better deal with MS. The sad thing is, no one will even consider doing that. Instead, the MOH's got their MS licenses and when it's time to do a deal again, they'll most likely be showing us health dollars and a supposed win (though who's winning will still be a matter of debate). The savings are a comparative thing. The “savings” in this case is the savings made by making the negotiations as a single body rather than each health board (all 26 of them) negotiating their own deal which would undoubtedly be a disaster.

However, given that they stated that they’re heavily reliant on MS products and so, by implication, had to make a deal anyway shows a huge problem. In the short term, they’ve got a deal. In the long term, they need to be spending in reducing that dependency if only, in my cynical state of mind, negotiate a better deal with MS.

The sad thing is, no one will even consider doing that. Instead, the MOH’s got their MS licenses and when it’s time to do a deal again, they’ll most likely be showing us health dollars and a supposed win (though who’s winning will still be a matter of debate).

]]> By: Guy http://passthesource.org.nz/2010/01/25/health-dollars/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Guy Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:26:08 +0000 http://passthesource.org.nz/?p=169#comment-622 The "silver lining" is even less silver when you consider that at law a licence is usually, by default, transferrable. It is only non-transferrable because the licensor imposes that restriction. So allowing licence transfers is not really a "concession", but simply the removal of an additional restriction. The “silver lining” is even less silver when you consider that at law a licence is usually, by default, transferrable. It is only non-transferrable because the licensor imposes that restriction. So allowing licence transfers is not really a “concession”, but simply the removal of an additional restriction.

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