[Koha] Koha demo links on koha.org

[Chris Nighswonger]

On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think we've gotten off track here a bit.

Maybe not too far off. :-) The entire issue with the links devolves to
the continued silence by LL to any requests; even those by all
standards reasonable.

>
> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Ben Ide <benide at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Chris Nighswonger
>> <cnighswonger at foundations.edu> wrote:
>> From Ben, with snips:
>>>>> You'll quote someone who spoke with Josh in a telephone conversation,
>>>>> but not Josh's direct response to the list?
>>>>>
>>>
>>> Josh is a subscriber to this list and thus is free to correct any
>>> mis-quotes of himself. I would encourage him to do so. I do not think
>>> for a moment that anyone on this list desires to mis-quote Josh. On
>>> the contrary, I think we would all desire most sincerely to very
>>> clearly understand Josh and his present course of action.
>>
>> To what advantage?  Why should he send another missive here when all
>> have been content to ignore the previous ones?
>>
>> http://www.nabble.com/user/UserPosts.jtp?user=97160
>>

By the looks of the length of the thread referenced I would say that
Josh's previous "missive" was not ignored by any stretch of the
imagination. Rather it looks like Josh failed to follow up with
clarification to his "missive." This is the very issue of "continued
silence" which we now experience with requests which, again, are
reasonable by any standard.

>>> Perhaps you could request this of Josh or encourage the individual at
>>> your organization who is responsible for your relationship to LL to
>>> request it of Josh?
>>
>> Again, what on earth would be the advantage of that?  To me, it just
>> seems like a waste of a busy person's time.

I would expect that it would be obvious that the customers of LL are
in the absolute best position to bring legitimate pressure to bear on
LL to reengage with the community. The investment of "a busy person's
time" to achieve the re-engagement of LL in the community would be
anything but a "waste." To the contrary, it would probably rank among
the greater contributions to the Koha project. (No one denies the
large contribution LL has made to Koha nor despises it. The complaint
is with how they have handled themselves in the light of other
business pressures.)

It is my humble opinion that your organization could very possibly be
in the best position to make such a valuable contribution to this
community.

Kind Regards,
Chris