[Koha] Google Summer of Koha - thought on 1 idea you posted

[BWS Johnson]

Salvete!

The cataloguing interface is one of the worst problems we currently face
in getting folks to switch to Koha from my perspective. I'd say it's #2
after an installer, so I was very, very happy when both of those ideas
were incorporated into the Google project request list. I'd cry tears of
joy should either of those come to pass.
I would definitely be curious about a cleaned up incorporation of
MARCedit. It seems a natural match for Koha, even if you glorious devs
you needs canabalise it at a lower level to port it on over to fully
integrate it. (If that's even an option.)
Again, I must express my undying gratitude to everyone contributing
code. It's awesome. I can certainly say that I seem to be fielding more
librarian questions than ever. When I first signed on, I'd get a couple
Koha questions a month maybe. Now it's one or two a day - and my
documentation is stale. Insane growth, guys. Thanks so much for making
this happen! I hope I'm not a big whiner.

Cheers,
Brooke @ Hinsdale MA

>On 3/16/07, Steven F. Baljkas <baljkas at mts.net> wrote:
>> -- and I have been wondering for a while if what Terry Reese had 
>accomplished with MARCEdit's text-based editor might somehow 
>be "incorporated"/"integrated" into Koha.
>
>In my experience, in order to run MARCEdit in Linux you need to use
>Mono (and even then I found it not stable). Some folks have
>reservations about using Mono because Microsoft may use any patents on
>C# against Mono and Linux, though after the patent agreement between
>Microsoft and Novell (where the lead developer of Mono works), Novell
>customers are protected. I don't know where to stand on the Mono
>controversy, but it's something to consider. I would not like to see a
>Mono app be the main MARC editor for Koha, though I'd be happy if
>other folks had it as an option, because it is a really good MARC
>editor.
>
>--Jason
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