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

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Subj:secure linuxen Date:6/18/2002 10:28:01 AM US Mountain Standard Time From:<A HREF="mailto:pate@eylerfamily.org">pate@eylerfamily.org</A> To:<A HREF="mailto:COURYHOUSE@aol.com">COURYHOUSE@aol.com</A> CC:<A HREF="mailto:Koha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net">Koha-devel@lists.sourceforge.net</A> 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