Linux for Librarians

[Nelson Garcia]

There has been an open source library management system for a while:
http://www.koha.org/

I have found that some of the other systems often have strings attached.

Aloha,
Nelson

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Togami [mailto:warren at togami.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 3:27 AM
> To: Linux & Unix Advocates & Users
> Subject: [luau] Linux for Librarians
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>
> http://www.infotoday.com/it/oct01/poynder.htm
> Linux for Librarians and Information Professionals
> The Open Source Movement
> Does this software provide a viable, user-friendly alternative to
> proprietary solutions?
> by Richard Poynder
>
> ..... The consequent savings, argues Mike Banahan, co-founder of the
> U.K.-based training company GBdirect, are significant. Having migrated his
> entire company from Microsoft products to open source, Banahan claims to
> have reduced the annual cost of ownership of GBdirect's desktop
> PCs to about
> $295-$440 U.S. per machine. "Compare that," he says, "with the
> $8,000 a year
> that Gartner estimates it costs for each PC running Microsoft software."
> But does open source have any specific relevance to librarians and
> information professionals?
> ..... continued in article .....
> http://www.infotoday.com/it/oct01/poynder.htm
>
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