From pate@eylerfamily.org Tue Jun 18 22:08:43 2002 From: Pat Eyler To: koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org Subject: [Koha-devel] Re: secure linuxen Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 22:09:02 +0000 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <19e.3f93e10.2a416496@aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2448723586926437711==" --===============2448723586926437711== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 19 Jun 2002 COURYHOUSE@aol.com wrote: > Probably would be good to test under HPUX also. hmm, AIX, OS-X, and Solaris are all also interesting ... Win32 less so, but probably important nonetheless. Gaah! I hate scope creep ;) -pate > > Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC > > > > Subj:secure linuxen > > Date:6/18/2002 10:28:01 AM US Mountain Standard Time > > From:pate@eylerfamily.org > > To:COURYHOUSE@aol.com > > CC:Koha-devel@lists.s= ourceforge.net > > Sent from the Internet > > > > > > > > okay, okay, i give. ;) > > > > It doesn look like the e-smith package does provide a lot of > > functionality, and could be a great choice for a library installing koha > > on their own. > > > > Because the various developers (and companies) each like different > > flavors (or flavours) of linux (and other unixen), we're not likely to > > settle on a specific distribution. > > > > All is not lost though, there are several options: > > Someone with enough interest could build packages themselves. > > Someone could start a company to sell an 'after market kit' for > > e-smith. > > Someone could contact e-smith and talk with them about adding koha into > > their current offering. > > Someone could hire an existing koha support company to build the > > packages and provide support for them. > > > > I think that any of these is a pretty good option. As the Kaitiaki I'd > > certainly encourage someone to take on any one of them, and would be > > willing to help, advise, and otherwise support them. > > > > As an individual, I'm not likely to take on the project (on my dime at > > least) for a couple of reasons: > > RedHat is the acknowledged (US) market leader ... I can ride that brand > > to higher sales. (cf. Networking shops selling Cisco gear) SME may > > prove to be a viable extension to this, but not as a first cut (imco) > > As a second platform I want to see Koha working on OpenBSD. I think > > this is the best choice for a secure server. It will also help show > > that Koha isn't 'for linux only'. > > > > > > Let me know what you'd like to do, > > -pate > > --===============2448723586926437711==--