[Koha-devel] KOHA version 3.0, my question is about the advantages of KOHA 4

[Clay Fouts]

Why would anyone use it? I've given a link to the current release notes that
document the features that are unique to our fork. There are release notes
for previous version, as well. We don't develop features for the fun of it
(usually); we develop features that libraries want and that don't yet exist.
Just as a brief example, many libraries have records that hundreds or even a
thousand items. Koha 3.4 can't handle those. LibLime Koha 4.2 can.

LibLime Academic Koha (née LibLime Enterprise Koha) is still very actively
developed and updated with regular time-based releases that offer new
features like improved search syntax, browse searching, and real authority
control. I'm not sure exactly what you're alluding to by citing it, but it
continues to grow in both feature set and user base.

Clay


On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:17 AM, MJ Ray <mjr at phonecoop.coop> wrote:

> Christian Calle Jahuira wrote:
> > Write to La Paz Bolivia, I have implemented KOHA version 3.0,
> > my question is about the advantages of KOHA 4 and LibLime,
> > which presents differences.
>
> The latest version is Koha 3.4.  There is no Koha 4 yet.
> LibLime is trying to pass off their LMS as Koha, but it is not Koha.
> Do not be tricked!  Koha would not delete its contibutor credits.
>
> As I understand it, LibLime 4.2 is actually a fork around Koha 3.0,
> which was the last version release-managed by someone from LibLime (oh
> the pain) and was end-of-lifed by koha-community last month, as in
> http://lists.koha-community.org/pipermail/koha-devel/2011-May/035542.html
>
> Also, I think that the public LibLime 4.2 is not current, with their
> customers using later versions.  So their public version is already
> obsolete by its publisher and based on a now-unsupported community
> release, so why would anyone use it unless forced or daft?
>
> This seems like a repeat of the trick when LibLime started selling
> "Enterprise Koha" - and where is that now? ;-)
>
> Koha 3.4 is clearly the place to be.  The big feature there is the
> improved template system, but since 3.0, the acquisitions module is
> significantly revamped, the system preferences editor is easier to
> use, there's bulk item editing, better reports, serials and
> cataloguing, more connections to other systems, more localisaton, tons
> of small bugs fixed and more that you can find in the release notes.
>
> Hope that informs,
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