Open Source Software in Libraries: Good Enough For Us

Brett Bonfield has an amazing post over on “In The Library With The Lead Pipe” on open source software: W-E-B-S-I-T-E, Find Out What It Means To Me.

“Once open source software is good enough, and has a good enough support system, there aren’t any particularly compelling reasons to use propriety software. Eventually, people come around to that realization, whether they care about the underlying code or not. The issues are that “good enough” is in the eye of the beholder and “eventually” can take an awfully long time.”