OsiriX 3.2 is Out!
They have updated my favorite medical software - as if I had that great a need for medical software, OsiriX 3.2. The web page indicates that the 64-bit add-on is now 25-50% faster, but the standard Open Source app is 32-bit - which is an interesting business model.
These guys have put a ton of work into the app, and they started Open Source, and mean to stay Open Source, but they want to make some money. Understandable. Rather than have the app need a lot of work, like JBoss, and charge for the manuals and consulting, these guys have a fully functioning 32-bit app, and they charge $149 to get the 64-bit add-on that boosts the memory space and speed. So... free is limited by the memory of a 32-bit process, and if you want to spend the $149 you can get more capacity. Nice.
I can't say as I'd ever need the 64-bit add-on as I only have the family's xrays in OsiriX, but I can imagine my sister and her husband (doctors) that would pay for something like this - or the clinics/hospitals they work at. To them, this is easy, just like paying for BBEdit is for me. It's a tool of the trade.
So, hat's off to finding a new model for getting a little money out of the Open Source model.