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Users Trump Library Vendors Again!

Users Trump Library Vendors Again! 09/02/2004 11:12 PM

Everyone is (rightly) talking about Peter Rukavina's homegrown RSS feeds for what he has checked out from his library (and new DVDs). I am overjoyed to see this, but saddened to see that once again users are having to route around library services because we're not providing the service ourselves (Your Honor, the prosecution submits LibraryLookup into evidence as Exhibit A).

I was going to leave the following comment on Aaron's post, but I was getting so agitated that I decided it made more sense to post it on my own site.

Rant: It's true libraries have limited resources, but they already have a vendor for their catalog, and that vendor should be the one leading the way.  Libraries must begin demanding these types of services from the vendors. It's crazy to see users writing code to compensate for a lack of services from library OPACs. Granted RSS has come on relatively quickly, but companies like Innovative and Sirsi need the equivalent of Google Labs in order to react faster to these types of disruptive technologies. If a user can write code to produce an RSS feed from the catalog, certainly the vendor can do even more on the backend.

This is a MAJOR wake-up call for integrated library system vendors, and libraries must force them to follow-through on this. I realize vendors don't have unlimited resources, but they could do a hell of a better job of listening to their customers and tracking trends. I've been trying to talk to Innovative about RSS feeds for MORE THAN 2 YEARS and they have never once contacted me in response to my comments, suggestions, or feedback. I talked about this at length with the ProQuest reps at the Texas Library Association conference, and I never heard back from them, either. In fact, it's embarassing to note that I've talked to several different vendors at various conferences and NONE of them have ever followed up with a response. That's pathetic, and I'm calling them on the carpet about it. From now on, when I go to a conference, I'm going to post the name of every vendor I talk to about RSS and we'll see if any of them have so much as the courtesy to follow up with me afterwards. I don't expect the floor reps to really get what I'm saying, but the promise of "I'll take this back to the home office" no longer holds any water for me without some type of follow-through.

Robert Scoble says, "If you're in PR now and not watching what several hundred of your best customers are saying about you you're at a severe disadvantage." I would expand that quote beyond just PR because there's enough going on in the online world of pagerank, trackback, social networking, and permanently-cached word-of-mouth to warrant tracking your brand no matter what industry/field you are in. Compared to most sectors, the library blogosphere is large, incestuous, and not afraid to speak its mind. It still amazes me to think that companeis devoted to library services don't pay attention to it.

Here's hoping they start. Soon.

Vendors, users launch Linux InfiniBand
effort

Vendors, users launch Linux InfiniBand
effort 06/14/2004 07:40 PM
SAN FRANCISCO - A group of high-performance computing users and technology vendors led by Sun Microsystems Inc., Dell Inc., and Intel Corp. will launch on Tuesday an effort to make the InfiniBand input/output architecture easier to use with Linux, according to companies involved in the initiative.

Time Is Now for Linux Vendors to Protect
Users (Ziff Davis)

Time Is Now for Linux Vendors to Protect
Users (Ziff Davis) 08/16/2004 01:03 AM
Ziff Davis - Opinion: It's time for other Linux vendors to follow Red Hat's lead and offer patent infringement protection to their customers.

GPL 3.0 to Penalize Google, Amazon?

GPL 3.0 to Penalize Google, Amazon? 04/08/2005 08:43 PM

Research And Markets: Today Vendors Are
Addressing The Video Device Management,
Video Network Management, Call
Processing, And Scheduling Needs Of
Users With Increasingly Sophisticated
Software Solutions

Research And Markets: Today Vendors Are
Addressing The Video Device Management,
Video Network Management, Call
Processing, And Scheduling Needs Of
Users With Increasingly Sophisticated
Software Solutions 12/19/2004 03:09 PM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c11235) has announced the addition of Video Communications Management Systems 2004 to their offering. [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]

Software patents are bad for coders like
literary patents would be for writers

Software patents are bad for coders like
literary patents would be for writers 06/22/2005 01:49 AM
Cory Doctorow: Richard Stallman, creator of the Free Software movement, has written a tremendous essay for the Guardian on the risks of software patents. Richard undertakes a gedankenexperiment about "literary patents" and the impact they would have had on Victor Hugo as he sat down to pen Les Miserables.

Now consider this hypothetical literary patent: Claim 1: a communication process that represents, in the mind of a reader, the concept of a character who has been in jail for a long time and subsequently changes his name...

These patents would all cover the story of one character in a novel. They overlap, but they do not precisely duplicate each other, so they could all be valid simultaneously - all the patent holders could have sued Victor Hugo. Any one of them could have prohibited publication of Les Misérables.

You might think these ideas are so simple that no patent office would have issued them. We programmers are often amazed by the simplicity of the ideas that real software patents cover - for instance, the European Patent Office has issued a patent on the progress bar, and one on accepting payment via credit cards. These would be laughable if they were not so dangerous.

Link (Thanks, Phil and Eloisa!)

Munich OSS switch to go ahead, patents
or no patents

Munich OSS switch to go ahead, patents
or no patents 08/12/2004 09:52 AM
Merely paused for thought, says mayor

Spyware, adware plague Windows users
online; Mac OS X users surf freely

Spyware, adware plague Windows users
online; Mac OS X users surf freely 04/20/2004 08:48 AM

"Danah on the cultural divide between
Movable Type/TypePad users and
LiveJournal users"

"Danah on the cultural divide between
Movable Type/TypePad users and
LiveJournal users" 01/06/2005 05:05 PM

Re: Apache Http Server Reveals Script
Source Code to Remote Users And Any
Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory
("/WEB-INF/")

Re: Apache Http Server Reveals Script
Source Code to Remote Users And Any
Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory
("/WEB-INF/") 02/16/2004 04:00 PM
Axel Beckert - ecos gmbh (Feb 13 2004)

Re: Apache Http Server Reveals Script
Source Code to Remote Users And Any
Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory
("/WEB-INF/")

Re: Apache Http Server Reveals Script
Source Code to Remote Users And Any
Users Can Access The Forbidden Directory
("/WEB-INF/") 02/10/2004 06:47 PM
Dave Weis (Feb 09 2004)

Wi-fi users to outnumber 3G users by
2007 - report

Wi-fi users to outnumber 3G users by
2007 - report 04/09/2004 04:00 PM
DMeurope.com Apr 8 2004 6:41PM GMT

Internet Users Are More Social Than
Non-Users

Internet Users Are More Social Than
Non-Users 01/16/2004 10:58 AM

Return to vendors

Return to vendors 06/28/2004 08:01 AM
Personal Computer World Jun 28 2004 11:49AM GMT

If you host it they will come, say CRM
vendors

If you host it they will come, say CRM
vendors 05/11/2004 03:10 PM
The online CRM space is suddenly getting crowded as two more CRM vendors, Kana and Entellium, are launching hosted services this week.

State AGs take on P-to-P vendors

State AGs take on P-to-P vendors 08/05/2004 05:53 PM
WASHINGTON - Peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software vendors must re-engineer their software to prevent illegal file trading, and they must do a better job of warning users of the dangers of trading illegal files, said a letter sent by attorneys general from 47 U.S. states and territories to P-to-P vendors Thursday.

Vendors Eye Slice of $1B BPM Pie

Vendors Eye Slice of $1B BPM Pie 08/13/2004 12:21 PM
Internet News Aug 13 2004 5:17PM GMT

Report ranks top six SSL VPN vendors

Report ranks top six SSL VPN vendors 04/02/2005 05:02 AM
The competition among SSL VPN vendors is becoming more intense, according to a recent study of which companies have sold the most SSL gear.

Vendors target Web services/SOA mix

Vendors target Web services/SOA mix 03/22/2005 03:35 PM
Iona Technologies and Reactivity this week are scheduled to unveil their latest infrastructure technology aimed at helping users build service-oriented architectures.

Security is two-way street, vendors say

Security is two-way street, vendors say 04/27/2004 04:02 PM
As IT users, assailed with security threats such as viruses and hackers, increasingly look to vendors to help protect their systems, they may find the vendors staring right back at them.

Vidi, veni, vendors

Vidi, veni, vendors 04/04/2005 07:19 PM
Looking for a few good tee shirt vendors.

Vendors see benefits from 3G sales

Vendors see benefits from 3G sales 07/22/2004 04:21 AM
Telecoms.com Jul 22 2004 7:30AM GMT

Vendors boost e-provisioning

Vendors boost e-provisioning 12/30/2003 01:21 AM
There were a number of developments on the e-provisioning front over the past couple of weeks involving MaXware, TruLogica and Business Layers.

Unix Vendors Target Each Other

Unix Vendors Target Each Other 01/03/2005 08:25 AM
As Windows and Linux carve into their OS turf, Sun and HP trade barbs over HP-UX, Solaris and Linux.

Customers demand more from vendors

Customers demand more from vendors 09/16/2004 07:18 AM
vnunet.com Sep 16 2004 10:53AM GMT

Network Vendors Aim High

Network Vendors Aim High 09/16/2004 01:04 PM
Internet News Sep 16 2004 4:51PM GMT

Vendors Target SAN Woes

Vendors Target SAN Woes 05/03/2004 12:27 PM
FalconStor, AppIQ and Brocase set sights on ease of use and lower cost.

Vendors bolster CRM wares

Vendors bolster CRM wares 04/19/2004 04:33 PM
Salesforce, NetIQ, Omniture and Blue Pumpkin Software all upgrade their wares.

Antispyware vendors come under fire

Antispyware vendors come under fire 02/11/2004 02:57 PM
A public interest group has complained to FTC about "deceptive" marketing practices on the part of some software sellers and their affiliates.

Storage Vendors Woo SMBs

Storage Vendors Woo SMBs 05/21/2004 08:11 PM
To help small and midsize businesses buttress their infrastructures, Microsoft and several leading storage hardware vendors are planning advancements for the Windows Storage Server.

Wi-Fi Vendors get SLAPP-happy

Wi-Fi Vendors get SLAPP-happy 04/07/2005 02:54 AM
A new Wi-Fi protocol has entered the race for the standard of the future - SLAPP. Trapeze and Aruba's SLAPP proposal is a lightweight protocol to let different access points connect to other vendors' switches. And it could well slip past the impasse in the IETF's wireless management group, and be applied to areas where a central manager handles wired and wireless devices. [PRWEB Apr 7, 2005]

Spyware vendors under attack

Spyware vendors under attack 02/12/2004 04:23 AM
There has been some reporting that some Spyware companies have been paying for pop-up ad's that if read buy the...

WLAN vendors merge

WLAN vendors merge 04/02/2005 05:02 AM
Consolidation among wireless companies is underway, as Colubris Networks this week announced it would buy Kiwi Networks.

U.S. OKs vendors for defense network

U.S. OKs vendors for defense network 01/02/2004 06:18 PM
The Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion project will boost the Defense Information System Network with greater bandwidth and more physically diverse routes.

AIM Connects with Enterprise IM Vendors

AIM Connects with Enterprise IM Vendors 04/14/2005 05:03 PM
Four enterprise instant messaging systems gain the ability to communicate with AOL's market-leading IM service, in another sign of growing support for messaging interoperability.

Wireless vendors take control

Wireless vendors take control 05/12/2004 08:06 PM
Equipment makers at the NetWorld+Interop show tout new products and features that will make wireless infrastructures easier to control and manage.

Congress, Vendors Put Phishing Under the
Gun

Congress, Vendors Put Phishing Under the
Gun 06/28/2004 06:45 AM
VeriSign's new service aims to help protect against "phishing" expeditions.

More vendors in the compliance game

More vendors in the compliance game 08/06/2004 04:06 AM
Just before heading off to the Catalyst Conference last month, I wrote about Courion's entry into regulatory compliance services with the ComplianceCourior addition to its Identity Management Suite. Little did I know that this was just the tip of the iceberg, and lots of vendors wanted to tell me about the "compliance factor" in their new (and not so new) products.

WLAN Switch Vendors Starting to Die?

WLAN Switch Vendors Starting to Die? 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
Since WLAN switch developers started coming out of the woodwork, it was clear that the market couldn't support all of them: Trapeze and Vivato have both laid off workers recently, leaving some to wonder if they are struggling. Trapeze made a name for itself by spending liberally on marketing and what some in the industry have described as a massive booth for trade shows. A company spokesperson in this article says that the cut backs happened on schedule. Trapeze cut 30 percent of its staff and Vivato laid off 25 percent. I would be surprised if Trapeze was one to go under straight away as it seems to have a robust product. But as we all know, the best product doesn't always win. This will be an interesting space to watch as acquisitions and failures are bound to start happening soon....
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