This might be a good time to reflect upon where we've been and where we're
headed. Almost exactly ten years have passed, I think, since open source
software in libraries became self-aware as a movement. Sure, there has always
been open source software, but I would mark the real start as when
Yitzchak - I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you have about
Summon. I will give a brief description to answer your questions - but for
any other questions you might have we can discuss offline as to not spam the
mailing list with lots of propaganda for Summon - thought it is really
At first I was thinking only ten years? Really? But then I realized that
you were talking about true library open source software (as opposed to
librarians involved with open source projects, which clearly predated 1999),
and that it was when the movement became self-aware. So then I became
