open wide

As Mako Hill argued in his presentation at CHI 2008, the best software is made by users and not by designers. The best examples are targeted applications made for niche applications, such as odontolinux, a free and open dental office management software based on Debian. Together with Open Dental (pictured), another open-source (but not free) dental office management program, this points the way towards democratization of the medical institution, from greater access to medical information to the increased accessibility of the software that manages our health.

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