Comments for Librarians Matter http://librariansmatter.com/blog It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries, emerging technologies, balancing, being mum. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:35:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on Google Wave – first Meh, then Wow! by PI (weekly) « PI en Second Life http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/18/google-wave-first-meh-then-wow/comment-page-1/#comment-62910 PI (weekly) « PI en Second Life Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:35:13 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1485#comment-62910 [...] Google Wave – first Meh, then Wow! | Librarians Matter [...] [...] Google Wave – first Meh, then Wow! | Librarians Matter [...]

]]> Comment on Some comments on SIRSI’s position paper on Open Source ILMS by Jim Peterson http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/11/04/some-comments-on-sirsis-position-paper-on-open-source-ilms/comment-page-1/#comment-62721 Jim Peterson Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:12:52 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-62721 Well dissected & refuted! I must point out a few things in the embedded doc: 1. Last sentence in last paragraph under 'Customization:' Red Hat is NOT a proprietary OPERATING SYSTEM in the same way that Sirsi is a proprietary PIECE OF SOFTWARE that runs ON an operating system. Red Hat is Linux w/an enterprise support contract attached. It must be purchased with the contract. Otherwise, you will use Fedora 11, which is the free version of Red Hat. Besides, if an open-source ILS runs on Linux, no one will force you into any distribution of Linux unless they tailor their system to Red Hat or Ubuntu/Debian or openSUSE. What runs on one flavor of Linux _should_ run on another. 2. Last paragraph of 'Security:' should have added at the end, "just like has happened with Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec & McAfee." 3. Networking: Nowhere does this paid opinion mention that a large majority of servers that serve web pages and run the protocols on the Internet are running on Apache, an open-source server. How's that for "large-scale?" 4. Testing, 2nd paragraph: ALL the Linux distribution developers and most of the application developers have 'alpha' and 'beta' test releases. True, it may be just "the developer and his buddies," but WE must be a threat for you to even mention that crowd-sourcing our testing to catch bugs is ineffective. Additionally, the statement, "investigators have to go back decades in the list to find the same bugs open source platforms are fixing today," implies that the proprietary guys have LET those bugs stay around for decades, while we open-source guys are actually fixing them. And you can back that up by looking at the bugs that Microsoft and Adobe let hang around -- some of Windows' bugs have existed since 3.1! 5. Open Source and Libraries, 2nd paragraph, last sentence: which also implies that with so many libraries looking to open source for change, there must also be something wrong with the proprietary systems in existence that is not being addressed by proprietary vendors. 6. SirsiDynix on Open Source: "We use open source software a great deal in our development efforts, in our software and in our company." So in keeping with the licensing requirements of open source software, does SirsiDynix make this open-source code available to the public? If not, that's a violation of most of the open-source licenses! 7. SirsiDynix on Open Source: "We easily support clients using the poster children of open source software – Linux, Apache, and Firefox. We have done so for many decades." Linux was invented in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, Apache has been around since 1995 (http://bit.ly/4bLM8x), and Firefox (Phoenix v0.1 in September 2002, see http://bit.ly/y2HUn ) was born of the Mozilla browser (1998, see http://bit.ly/3dQdIL ) hardly "many decades." Well, this was fun! This is just another paid opinion (probably partly by Microsoft - that discouragement of running an ILS on open-source comment is a clue) that seeks to preserve "that which has always been" mentality. We're going to look at the open-source guys regardless of how much our proprietary vendor cries. Well dissected & refuted! I must point out a few things in the embedded doc:

1. Last sentence in last paragraph under ‘Customization:’ Red Hat is NOT a proprietary OPERATING SYSTEM in the same way that Sirsi is a proprietary PIECE OF SOFTWARE that runs ON an operating system. Red Hat is Linux w/an enterprise support contract attached. It must be purchased with the contract. Otherwise, you will use Fedora 11, which is the free version of Red Hat. Besides, if an open-source ILS runs on Linux, no one will force you into any distribution of Linux unless they tailor their system to Red Hat or Ubuntu/Debian or openSUSE. What runs on one flavor of Linux _should_ run on another.

2. Last paragraph of ‘Security:’ should have added at the end, “just like has happened with Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec & McAfee.”

3. Networking: Nowhere does this paid opinion mention that a large majority of servers that serve web pages and run the protocols on the Internet are running on Apache, an open-source server. How’s that for “large-scale?”

4. Testing, 2nd paragraph: ALL the Linux distribution developers and most of the application developers have ‘alpha’ and ‘beta’ test releases. True, it may be just “the developer and his buddies,” but WE must be a threat for you to even mention that crowd-sourcing our testing to catch bugs is ineffective. Additionally, the statement, “investigators have to go back decades in the list to find the same bugs open source platforms are fixing today,” implies that the proprietary guys have LET those bugs stay around for decades, while we open-source guys are actually fixing them. And you can back that up by looking at the bugs that Microsoft and Adobe let hang around — some of Windows’ bugs have existed since 3.1!

5. Open Source and Libraries, 2nd paragraph, last sentence: which also implies that with so many libraries looking to open source for change, there must also be something wrong with the proprietary systems in existence that is not being addressed by proprietary vendors.

6. SirsiDynix on Open Source: “We use open source software a great deal in our development efforts, in our software and in our company.” So in keeping with the licensing requirements of open source software, does SirsiDynix make this open-source code available to the public? If not, that’s a violation of most of the open-source licenses!

7. SirsiDynix on Open Source: “We easily support clients using the poster children of open source software – Linux, Apache, and Firefox. We have done so for many decades.” Linux was invented in 1991 by Linus Torvalds, Apache has been around since 1995 (http://bit.ly/4bLM8x), and Firefox (Phoenix v0.1 in September 2002, see http://bit.ly/y2HUn ) was born of the Mozilla browser (1998, see http://bit.ly/3dQdIL ) hardly “many decades.”

Well, this was fun! This is just another paid opinion (probably partly by Microsoft – that discouragement of running an ILS on open-source comment is a clue) that seeks to preserve “that which has always been” mentality. We’re going to look at the open-source guys regardless of how much our proprietary vendor cries.

]]> Comment on Some comments on SIRSI’s position paper on Open Source ILMS by Tweets that mention Some comments on SIRSI’s position paper on Open Source ILMS | Librarians Matter -- Topsy.com http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/11/04/some-comments-on-sirsis-position-paper-on-open-source-ilms/comment-page-1/#comment-62719 Tweets that mention Some comments on SIRSI’s position paper on Open Source ILMS | Librarians Matter -- Topsy.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:44:39 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1502#comment-62719 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by JMS and Librarians Matter, Jennifer Parsons. Jennifer Parsons said: (Hat tip:@nirak) Some comments on #SIRSI's position paper on #OpenSource #ILMS, at Librarians Matter (s.a. #ILS) http://bit.ly/4hvB1s [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by JMS and Librarians Matter, Jennifer Parsons. Jennifer Parsons said: (Hat tip:@nirak) Some comments on #SIRSI's position paper on #OpenSource #ILMS, at Librarians Matter (s.a. #ILS) http://bit.ly/4hvB1s [...]

]]> Comment on Setting up your iPhone by uberVU - social comments http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/11/apps-on-my-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-62549 uberVU - social comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:54:30 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1471#comment-62549 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by libsmatter: New blog post: Apps on my iPhone http://bit.ly/16U959... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> Comment on FUD and a reason to be cheerful by Jim Peterson http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/31/fud-and-a-reason-to-be-cheerful/comment-page-1/#comment-62466 Jim Peterson Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:19:39 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1496#comment-62466 Fear not the men behind the smoke and mirrors, m'lady, for they are reacting in fear to the approach of the monster known as Open Source! The more companies that spread misinformation about open-source software, the more it reinforces my belief that the open-source model is going to take over software development in general. How to monetize that software is why documents like Steve's get produced. They can't compete with free software and cheaper maintenance fees (in most cases) and will use the power of the pen to stave off the competition. But in effect, it's like blowing a bridge to slow down a tank - you might put them off for a bit, but once the engineering brigade gets there, they will cross. Great article, and keep up the great work! Fear not the men behind the smoke and mirrors, m’lady, for they are reacting in fear to the approach of the monster known as Open Source! The more companies that spread misinformation about open-source software, the more it reinforces my belief that the open-source model is going to take over software development in general. How to monetize that software is why documents like Steve’s get produced. They can’t compete with free software and cheaper maintenance fees (in most cases) and will use the power of the pen to stave off the competition. But in effect, it’s like blowing a bridge to slow down a tank – you might put them off for a bit, but once the engineering brigade gets there, they will cross.

Great article, and keep up the great work!

]]> Comment on Library 101 and Getting Deeply Local: videos by uberVU - social comments http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/29/library-101-and-getting-deeply-local-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-62395 uberVU - social comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:13:21 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-62395 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by cclibrarian: #Librarian Feeds reading:Library 101 and Getting Deeply Local: videos http://bit.ly/uojpw... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> Comment on The Koha fork and being the change you want to see by Adalid Ortiz http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/09/19/the-koha-fork-and-being-the-change-you-want-to-see/comment-page-1/#comment-62321 Adalid Ortiz Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:39:14 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1390#comment-62321 What about the Spanish Koha Fork at http://koha.unlp.edu.ar/ What about the Spanish Koha Fork at http://koha.unlp.edu.ar/

]]> Comment on Library 101 and Getting Deeply Local: videos by Tweets that mention Library 101 and Getting Deeply Local: videos | Librarians Matter -- Topsy.com http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/29/library-101-and-getting-deeply-local-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-62201 Tweets that mention Library 101 and Getting Deeply Local: videos | Librarians Matter -- Topsy.com Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:47:01 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-62201 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Librarians Matter and Tara Lannen-Stanton, Garrett Eastman. Garrett Eastman said: "Library 101 and Getting Deeply Local: videos": http://bit.ly/132H4d [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Librarians Matter and Tara Lannen-Stanton, Garrett Eastman. Garrett Eastman said: "Library 101 and Getting Deeply Local: videos": http://bit.ly/132H4d [...]

]]> Comment on Library 101 and Getting Deeply Local: videos by Hyperlocal/”Deeply Local” Library Content–Video « Tara’s Blog http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/29/library-101-and-getting-deeply-local-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-62184 Hyperlocal/”Deeply Local” Library Content–Video « Tara’s Blog Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:03:41 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1490#comment-62184 [...] I found this excellent video on Library 101 about Deeply Local library content. This video and the accompanying post by Kathryn Greenhill who writes the wonderful and wonderfully titled blog Librarians Matter, a [...] [...] I found this excellent video on Library 101 about Deeply Local library content. This video and the accompanying post by Kathryn Greenhill who writes the wonderful and wonderfully titled blog Librarians Matter, a [...]

]]> Comment on Community dreaming at Library Camp Perth 2009 by uberVU - social comments http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2009/10/04/community-dreaming-at-library-camp-perth-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-61764 uberVU - social comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:37:09 +0000 http://librariansmatter.com/blog/?p=1437#comment-61764 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by libsmatter: New blog post: Community dreaming at Library Camp Perth 2009 http://bit.ly/lORN9... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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