[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Proposed change in Vendor Listing Policy

[Sharp, Chris]

For the record,
+1

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Etheridge" <jason at esilibrary.com>
> To: "Evergreen Discussion Group" <open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 2:08:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Proposed change in Vendor Listing Policy
> 
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich
> <alexey.lazar at mnsu.edu> wrote:
> > Vendors, we would appreciate if you could show your support for the
> > Evergreen community by linking back to our web site at
> > http://www.evergreen-ils.org/.
> 
> Speaking as an individual, I would prefer that we keep this a
> requirement.  It's more than a fair "trade" for being listed on our
> community website.  IMO, it's a show of solidarity with the Evergreen
> community and a hedge against those who might want to fork the
> software or keep changes to themselves in this new software as a
> service world.  If you're going to use Evergreen to "compete", then
> do
> so on a level playing field.  Let others know what software you're
> using and what that really means (that there is choice).  In other
> words, compete on merit, not obfuscation.  It benefits everyone.
> 
> --
> Jason Etheridge
> | Support Manager
> | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts
> | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
> | email: jason at esilibrary.com
> | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
> 

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