[OPEN-ILS-DEV] SirsiDynix: Integrated Library System Platforms on Open Source

[Julian Treadwell]

A post on the Horizon User Group says "Steve Abrams is a paid apologist 
for SirsiDynix.". 

SD are losing clients to Open Source, and this is presumably their 
attempt to stem the flow. 

It's just PR.  I'd pay no heed to it nor bother to read it.

Julian

Rayson Ho wrote:
> "To convert to an open source option like Evergreen or Koha using
> vendors like Equinox or LibLime the library must start over with
> conversions and implementations, usually paying another vendor or
> consultant to accomplish these. As open source companies assert, it is
> free like kittens, not free like beer."
>
> "When we compare where we are today with proprietary platforms versus
> where we are with open source systems the development priorities for
> Evergreen and Koha are the same priorities that SirsiDynix had in the
> 1980s. How many years will it take for them to achieve a full feature
> set, if ever?"
>
> "Proprietary software has more features. Period. Proprietary software
> is much more user-friendly. SirsiDynix has been building this ILS for
> more than 30 years..."
>
> "In fact, several library systems in Georgia have declined the use of
> the Evergreen system specifically due to scalability and response
> times. One tester of that system wrote, “Slow response time in
> Evergreen Staff Client. This includes unexpected "crashes" and
> "frozen" screens which may or may not be due to response time lag."
>
> Download the PDF at:
> http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2009/10/its_about_a_res.html
>
> Rayson
>
>   


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