SirsiDynix Document on Open Source Draws Fire

摘要

Just days before Halloween, the release of SirsiDynix VP of Innovation Stephen Abram's "Integrated Library SystemrnPlatforms on Open Source," a document slamming openrnsource library systems, prompted more heated debate between open source and proprietary integrated library system (ILS) software advocates.rnAbram warns readers buyer beware, singling out open source systems Evergreen and Koha, and concludes that "at the current production cycle, jumping into open source would be dangerous, at best." While those pro open source chastised Abram for his commentary, others not unsympathetic to certain of his points, notably Marshall Breeding and Meredith Farkas, suggested that his rhetoric detracted from his message.