[Web4lib] An Analysis Of Open Source ILS Market Penetration

[Deb Bergeron]

K.G. Schneider wrote:
>  I'm not sure what the report demonstrates except the
> "slow-moving barge" syndrome. Or am I missing something? 
>
>   
If by 'slow-moving barge' you simply mean slow to gain mass-appeal, 
yeah.  Didn't we experience the same thing with other 
technologies--telephone, television, computer, ipods?  The market is 
slow at first, but then as use and word of improved performance by the 
new technology rises, so the presence of it in the marketplace increases 
and causes the decline and ultimate replacement of existing technologies. 

Can't wait for it to happen!  What would that world look like?
Oh I dunno--I can get to my data, I can move it around, deliverables to 
market take a minimum of time, I can move from one company to another, 
and most importantly, I can share all my info with any other library, 
person, business, the world. 

It isn't Google who could take over the world, it's libraries.  And OSS 
can help make ubiquitous information available to everyone.

Deb

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