Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 17, 2003 09:46 PM
For OPAC, and much more, check out innovative (www.iii.com). Our library's consortium (I'm a trustee of a medium-sized US public library) is switching to it from DRA. Note that the client is Java, and is known to run fine on Linux (the server runs on, I believe, Solaris). Imagine running all the OPACs eseentially as dumb terminals; using a Knoppix-style diskless boot (or, LTSP/thin style) instead of the expensive-to-maintain/difficult-to-lock-down Windows clients. It is interesting to note that Microsoft sells CALs in this educational market at dirt-cheap prices (under $10), so it makes it difficult to get anyone to contemplate such a change.
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Re:Words from a Librarian
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 17, 2003 09:46 PMOur library's consortium (I'm a trustee of a medium-sized US public library) is switching to it from DRA.
Note that the client is Java, and is known to run fine on Linux (the server runs on, I believe, Solaris).
Imagine running all the OPACs eseentially as dumb terminals; using a Knoppix-style diskless boot (or, LTSP/thin style) instead of the expensive-to-maintain/difficult-to-lock-down Windows clients.
It is interesting to note that Microsoft sells CALs in this educational market at dirt-cheap prices (under $10), so it makes it difficult to get anyone to contemplate such a change.
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