Roy Tenant has posted an Open Letter to ILS Vendors. He makes his case wonderfully.
I suspect that we shall see an exodus away from the big vendors, and towards the open source solutions. The momentum is beginning to build; it will only take
- the ability to pick and choose features for your installation, and
- ease of installation and maintenance,
to really get the ball rolling. And I can see those changes coming….
(this post should have been up a few days ago… busy, busy, backson!)