> On 4/26/07, Andrews, Mark J. <MarkAndrews_at_creighton.edu> wrote:
> > The money spent to create Evergreen and Koha was not spent on
> > commercial products, hence the "stick" - commercial vendors didn't
> > get business they otherwise might have had.
>
> I'm going to abuse the stick metaphor and actually poke the
> proprietary vendors with one. With PINES, the money spent on the
> development of Evergreen was much less than what our previous vendor
> was accustomed to (where we had no "development" at all). But if you
> want to throw more money at the traditional vendors, be my guest. ;)
>
> -- Jason
> Evergreen Developer
Here's a very encouraging trend: I sat in a presentation recently where a
presenter, advising caution, said that Evergreen wasn't free and open source
needs money to happen. A library director not affiliated with Evergreen
responded, yes, but: and made the argument Jason does above.
When administrators not involved with the project are "getting it" on this
and other points, Evergreen moves that much closer to its tipping point.
K.G. Schneider
kgs_at_bluehighways.com
Received on Thu Apr 26 2007 - 10:24:11 EDT