[Koha] Koha vs Liblime Koha

[Jesse Lambertson]

Viktor,

That's an awesome and helpful answer. 😊

Thank you sir.

I look forward to getting our community Koha installation underway.

I just needed to get this question out. And I've learned a few things in
the process.

Happy weekend everyone.

Jesse

Jesse A Lambertson
Librarian
Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center
1100 16th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
On Dec 5, 2014 3:45 AM, <Viktor.Sarge at regionhalland.se> wrote:

> The biggest practical problem that you might run into is of course that
> there is only one vendor for the LibLime fork so they can name any price
> they want to fix bugs that you find. Even if it does seem they actualy have
> a public Git repository for their fork these days you will have a very hard
> time finding anyone working with Koha willing to touch that code.
>
> As for reusing your understanding of Koha with the LibLime fork I think
> you will have no problem moving around the system. A look at their demos
> tells me that their fork is still very clearly based on Koha as it existed
> at the time of the fork. But then again there have been many years of
> separate development so the two systems will differ greatly in workflow,
> functionality (and bugs) as you move past the basics. The two products is
> the same in much the same way as ”Microsoft office” and ”LibreOffice” and
> ”Open Office” is the same. They aspire to solve the same needs and have a
> similar name. And as with LibreOffice and OpenOffice they even share a
> common ancestry but they are all still very different things.
>
> I do think it’s very unfortunate that LibLime is still using the Koha name
> and touting the virtues of open source. But that’s another story. As for
> using Koha or the LibLime fork of it I’d go for Koha any second - but
> thanks for asking the question. The question of ”I wonder if LibLime put
> some sweet stuff in their fork” have been in the back of my head for years,
> but looking at their demos and a look at their Git repo (albeit a quick
> one) left me joyfully and thoroughly unimpressed ;)
>
>
> Viktor Sarge
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> 4 dec 2014 kl. 22:00 skrev Jesse Lambertson <jlambertson at sqcc.org>:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > We are about to set up our servers and technical services for our library
> > here at the Cultural  Center.
> >
> > Changing offices and events have kept us very busy.
> >
> > But I was looking at the LibLime "version" of Koha and wondered, out of
> > curiosity, what problems I might run into if I installed their version
> > instead of the current stable version as hosted on the community wiki.
> >
> > Just curious if anyone has run into any issues that might pop up in this
> > instance or if the installation and upgrading process would all be the
> same.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Jesse
> >
> >
> >
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> > Jesse A Lambertson
> > Librarian
> > Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center
> > 1100 16th St, NW
> > Washington, DC 20036
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