On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Stacy Pober <stacy.pober@manhattan.edu> wrote:
Press releases have a poor signal-to-noise ratio.
I think this information is best provided in a table that shows the names of Koha libraries, the version of Koha they are using, and, if they are using a support vendor, which one they are using.
This way, the information is provided, but the puffery is not.
Having a channel on the site that gathers these raw commercial announcements has value. It's certainly correct they should not take primary placement on the community site. For someone considering Koha, a review of the press release history from all the related vendors can tell a lot about the health of the commercial support community over time -- something a current status board or any other summary cannot. -reed (disclaimer- I work for a Koha support vendor)