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[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Might want to publish a cost break down by tier size...

There are days I would just love to throw our server out the window and just 
squat somewhere else..

Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC



> Hi Karl,
> 
> Check out the last line in my sig :-). LibLime offers
> toll-free support to our member libraries and we have the
> number "1(888) Koha ILS".
> 
> There is simply no way to get around support costs with
> any software -- even free software needs maintenance
> and folks working on it deserve to get paid fair
> wages. The difference with open source is there are no
> 'license' fees -- so you don't have to dish out $40,000
> just to use the product in addition to support fees on
> top of that (no joke, I recently saw an ILS proposal where
> license costs for the vendor's software were itemized at
> $40,000).
> 
> That's the kind of language I would use to describe
> the problem. Also, keep LibLime in mind: It sounds like
> your church library falls into LibLime's 'tiny' category
> (less than 10,000 items). With a library that small we
> can provide a LibLime-hosted solution for very resonable
> prices -- and that would cover them for the toll-free
> number. It would also mean that they wouldn't have to
> worry about all the back-end server maintenance and
> administration (meaning, I suppose that YOU wouldn't
> have to worry about that :-)) -- all the church would 
> need is a computer with internet connection (the Koha
> installation would be hosted at our fiber-backbone
> server farm rather than at the church itself).
> 
> Let me know if you'd like a formal proposal. :-)
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> -- 
> Joshua Ferraro               VENDOR SERVICES FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
> President, Technology       migration, training, maintenance, support
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Thanks,

Ed Sharpe, Archivist for SMECC 

See the Museum's Web Site at  www.smecc.org

We are always looking for items to add to the museum's display and ref. 
library  - please advise if you have anything we can use.

Coury House / SMECC
5802 W. Palmaire Ave.                          Phone    623-435-1522
Glendale Az 85301  USA




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