[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen web page for paid support vendors

[Mike Rylander]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:07 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>

[snip]

>
> Defining Evergreen services: I'm open to not defining what an Evergreen
> service is and to see how it goes. My personal preference is that Evergreen
> support providers not be confused with third-party services that integrate
> with Evergreen, even if that third-party vendor needed to learn a lot of the
> code to get their service to work with Evergreen. Using Rogan's example, I
> don't think people come to this page looking for blue tooth scanners, so
> those vendors shouldn't be listed on this page.
>

Just to clarify, Iwas specifically /not/ talking about the bluetooth
scanner-type example, about which I agree 100%.  If the consensus is
that actively involved 3rd party vendors should be separated from
direct Evergreen service providers, that's fine, but I just want to be
clear about the sort of provider I was referring to.

Were I looking at Random OSS Project X's web site, I'd prefer to have
one "folks I can pay (after vetting) to get stuff done" page, which
seems to be how ours is used.  I'd include 3rd party products from
vendors with "skin in the game" in that set.

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