[Koha] cost of koha

[Gerry Arthus]

H S Rai,
I think that time and resources expended on this topic is a waste.  Even 
if the cost factors were not in Koha's favor, flexibility and 
customization dictate the usage of non proprietary software. Here in the 
United States, most in libraries and academia are so brainwashed (maybe 
intellectually lazy would be a better term) that even when I offer to 
set up open soft software for free and give them the server, they still 
prefer to take the lazy way out and pay exorbitant sums for inferior 
proprietary software. I have virtually given up such endeavors here in 
the US. They will have to suffer the consequences of such insane 
decisions when their economy inevitably contracts due to worker laziness 
and incompetence. I for example am working in the Central Asian region, 
where management is very receptive since they do not have any other 
choice (no funds available for proprietary software). Much like the 
farmer who has to build it himself, they will either have to bite the 
bullet and use Open Source Software, or never enter the information 
technology age. A Chinese proverb states "do not cast your pearls in 
front of swine"  and we should not waste our time on such endeavors. 
Every resource spent on improving the software is a much better option 
since it will help people who are willing to use it, instead of wasting 
our precious time trying to convince people who should know better.

Gerry












 wrote:

>Yesterday at 5:24am -0800 BWS Johnson wrote:
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>I thank Paul POULAIN for providing detail about contribution by
>different developers.
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>>  >So, some comparison of this sort (cost to benefit ratio, total
>>  >cost of ownership etc), which may help potential user or
>>  >decision maker to take infomed decision and not be misguided by
>>  >marketing executive of proprietary software
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>>  That's not an easy question at all.
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>Agreed. But if respectable members on this list pool their
>information to have a such type of white paper, then that will boost
>usage and promotion of Koha.
>
>Is there something like "Koha advocacy"?
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