http://commonplace.net/2008/10/how-open-are-open-systems/ Library2.0 and beyond Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:26:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://commonplace.net/2008/10/how-open-are-open-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Lukas Koster Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:11:53 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=255#comment-4 Peter, yes ‘fear of losing customers’ sounds a little negative, I admit that. It was meant to be a little provocative. It would also be nice if companies would just plainly say that they support openness for commercial reasons instead of expressing their "commitment to openness"; everybody knows this already. Peter, yes ‘fear of losing customers’ sounds a little negative, I admit that. It was meant to be a little provocative. It would also be nice if companies would just plainly say that they support openness for commercial reasons instead of expressing their “commitment to openness”; everybody knows this already.

]]> http://commonplace.net/2008/10/how-open-are-open-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Peter van Boheemen Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:58:48 +0000 http://commonplace.net/?p=255#comment-3 The reasons of companies to support openness will always be motivated by the fact that they see it in their own interest. There is nothing wrong with that. We all think that way, most of the time. Defining it as 'fear of losing customers' (which is of course a logical incentive) may sound a little negative. Saying this, I think it is in Ex Libris own interest to provide open access to the developers' platform. There is of course a risk, some company may make a better commercial front end, but this will also boost the sales of the total Ex Libris solution. At this moment, developers within the Ex Libris user community may come up with solutions that are better for some customers, so it makes no sense to restrict this to the Ex Libris community. The reasons of companies to support openness will always be motivated by the fact that they see it in their own interest. There is nothing wrong with that. We all think that way, most of the time. Defining it as ‘fear of losing customers’ (which is of course a logical incentive) may sound a little negative. Saying this, I think it is in Ex Libris own interest to provide open access to the developers’ platform. There is of course a risk, some company may make a better commercial front end, but this will also boost the sales of the total Ex Libris solution. At this moment, developers within the Ex Libris user community may come up with solutions that are better for some customers, so it makes no sense to restrict this to the Ex Libris community.

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