[Koha] LibLime Thoughts

[Lori Ayre]

Thanks Vicky,

That's a good perspective to hear!

Lori

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:52 PM, vtl at scls.lib.wi.us <vtl at scls.lib.wi.us> wrote:
> To be fair, staff at PTFS, who is now our Koha support vendor, have made
> contributions to community Koha (both new development and bug fixes).  Let's
> remember that it is LibLime Enterprise Koha that was forking from community
> Koha, not PTFS.
>
> PTFS now has responsibility for the 100+ Koha development projects sponsored
> by SCLS.  It is our intent that 100% of these projects will be contributed
> to community Koha.  Despite the unfortunately worded email yesterday, it is
> my belief that PTFS has no problem with doing so and must do so as
> stipulated in our contract.
>
> Furthermore, we are working with the excellent migration staff at LibLime
> (and now PTFS) to migrate our data.  It is a complex data migration and we
> are quite happy with the work done so far.
>
> We chose Koha because we placed a high value on being part of an open source
> community.  We are still very much committed to the Koha open source
> community and appreciate the work that has been done before us, the work
> that is being done and the work yet to come.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Lori Ayre <loriayre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If I were a LL/PTFS customer and valued being in an open source
>> community, I would be talking to different service providers about
>> what it would take to migrate my data to the current community
>> supported version.  Just sayin'.
>>
>> Lori Ayre
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Cab Vinton <bibliwho at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> It would be good to hear from more LL/PTFS customers on the specific
>> >> points
>> >> addressed in this post.
>> >
>> > That would be us, among many others.
>> >
>> > I suspect that most PTFS libraries are simply trying to process what
>> > this means for them. And unfortunately, I also suspect that many may
>> > feel there is relatively little to be gained by responding in public.
>> >
>> > If they support PTFS's position, a public defense would put them in
>> > the cross-hairs, a difficult position to be in considering they don't
>> > know all the facts.
>> >
>> > If they don't support it, they will most likely seek to open a dialog
>> > with PTFS directly, or to simply bide their time until such time as
>> > they're in a position to migrate to another vendor. No point in
>> > annoying someone who may be in a position to make your life very
>> > difficult.
>> >
>> > Not saying which category we fall under :-)
>> >
>> > Best,
>> >
>> > Cab Vinton, Director
>> > Sanbornton Public Library
>> > Sanbornton, NH
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