I will concur with Lebbeous that library directors do learn about PostgreSQL and Linux - not in the same way, not based on the same data points that a systems administrator does but they do. And that's a bit of my point, the versioning is a data point short cut for them, a short hand if you will to communicate things that we sit down and dig in more depth for. And I say we here, but my day job is actually not IT but as an administrator (HR, ordering books, etc...) and I can tell you that directors and others are interested in FOSS and they do know names like Linux and SQL.
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley < [email protected]> wrote: > Alexey, > > I think you're way off when you say that there's a wider audience dealing > with Evergreen directly than with PostgreSQL and Linux. You must know that > the former has many thousands of direct users, and the latter millions. > > Plenty of people concerned with those projects are in the management layer > at various organizations that use F/LOSS for all kinds of things. It's odd > to me that you suggest that Evergreen is special in that library directors > and other people besides developers are interested in it. That situation > isn't unique to Evergreen at all. > > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 2013-01-04, at 14:23 , Rogan Hamby <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > As a postscript, >> > >> > P.S. >> > >> > My previous statements are not an argument against change. As I said >> before, I have nothing against eating my liver hash (apologies to those who >> like liver) for greater health but I want the benefit to be clear and >> substantial for the hassle I can guarantee you I (and others) will have. >> >> Hi, Rogan. Why would there be any more hassle than during a regular >> upgrade to a new version? >> >> Aleksey Lazar >> PALS >> IS Developer and Intergrator >> 507-389-2907 >> http://www.pals.org/ >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley > | Software Developer > | Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts > | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > | email: [email protected] > | web: http://www.esilibrary.com > -- ---------------------------- Rogan Hamby Headquarters Manager, York County Library System "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
