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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">LibLime
Thoughts</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">LibLime (a
division of PTFS) is disappointed to learn that the HLT Koha Committee has
chosen to cancel our scheduled conference call. We thought that we would
discuss issues important to the ongoing development of Koha and that we would
form a partnership that would permit us to work together globally to build a
better open source ILS solution for libraries.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">LibLime
wants to assume the best and understands that the HLT Committee is new to
business matters, acquisitions, and financial transactions on the scale
required to move the Koha project to the next level. Perhaps the
newness of these experiences has resulted in their one-sided point of view;
their conflicting and inaccurate web posts; and their decision to participate
in a conference call, only to decline it the next day. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The PTFS
acquisition of LibLime <b>will</b> take the Koha project to the next level by
utilizing agile software development and systems engineering
methodologies. Working closely with libraries, this effort will result in
advancing Koha into the ultimate open source ILS solution. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We will
support Koha through the <a href="http://koha.org">koha.org</a> website and we will continue to work towards
our goal of developing and deploying a true next generation system that manages
both print and digital collections in a single application. We are asking
for participants from Koha libraries that may want to partner with us to
maintain documentation, design new development features, catalog bug issues,
and promote Koha successes world-wide. If you are ready to help
build a better Koha please contact <a href="mailto:ksherman@ptfs.com">ksherman@ptfs.com</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kelly
Sherman </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#17365D">Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D">6400 Goldsboro Rd., Suite 200</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D">Bethesda, MD 20817</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D">301-654-8088, ext. 176</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D">301-654-5789 (fax)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";
color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.ptfs.com/">http://www.ptfs.com</a></span></p>
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