>Please don't tar "commercial vendors" as being
>against open source: some of us develop, distribute
>and support open source software for libraries.
Yes, some of you do. I said "often promoted by," not "promoted by all."
>And please don't perpetuate the myth that commercial support
>is not available for open source software.
That is true.
When I say "commercial vendors" in this sense, I am generally talking
about companies that create (from scratch), sell, and maintain
proprietary ILSes, not those who are working with open source packages.
Jesse Ephraim
Youth Services Librarian
Southlake Public Library
1400 Main St., Ste. 130
Southlake, TX 76092
Email: jephraim_at_ci.southlake.tx.us
Phone: (817) 748-8248
FAX: (817) 748-8250
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Received on Mon Sep 08 2008 - 12:17:51 EDT