as noted on a library listserv I get
I wanted to make sure you received the below e-mail in advance of its general distribution. Later today, SirsiDynix will be announcing a new technology platform that will blend the best features of
Horizon/Corinthian, Unicorn, and other solutions. Horizon 8.0/Corinthian will not be moved into general release, and Horizon 8.1/Corinthian will not be released. More details are below in the letter.
Two items to point out to you as a library either in the implementation queue or preparing to implement:
All implementations of Horizon 8.x/Corinthian will stop. You will be contacted by SirsiDynix within the next few days to discuss the options referenced below.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to call me. Since this will not be shared with all SirsiDynix customers until later today, please do not further distribute this email.
if I had more in this as a patron, I'd refer to "the OPAC crisis" - fortunately AADL is at least a little isolated from this particular incident.
Isolated for how long? The murder of Horizon in cold blood is sadly an indicator of the times we live in. I seriously don't think any proprietary system is safe now.
The only good to come out of all this is that hundreds of libraries are now seriously looking at Evergreen and Koha.
If all of those libraries make the jump and, instead of paying maintenance on an bloated legacy system, hire themselves one developer each, then collectively they'd have themselves an R&D department that dwarfs the system vendors. That's certainly a road I'd be happy to travel down!
Posted by: Dave Pattern | 14 March 2007 at 02:11 PM
Our library's in the thick of this...
I pulled the Evergreen / Pines article from Library Journal and paperclipped it. I hope they seriously consider it -- but I think they are leaning towards Innovative. I would be much happier as a patron if they went with Evergreen -- based on what I see from Pines.
Posted by: kevinyezbick | 17 March 2007 at 12:44 PM