Re: Serials Solutions 360 API - PHP classes?

From: Yitzchak Schaffer <yitzchas_at_nyob>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 13:41:33 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Ross Singer wrote:

> This is ironic given that their API is "standards based".
>
> http://www.serialssolutions.com/ss_360_link_features.html
>
> What, exactly, are vendors worried about when they hide their API behind an NDA?

Having seen the docs, I'm also somewhat mystified about what they're
protecting.  Perhaps whoever sets policy is too far removed from the
developer/user base to have made a reasonable decision.

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Yitzchak Schaffer
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Received on Fri Apr 04 2008 - 12:29:33 EDT