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Background
Around 09-Sept-2009, a SirsiDynix Corp position paper, "Integrated Library System Platforms on Open Source" by Vice President of Innovation Stephen Abram, was authored and distributed to a group of SirsiDynix customers.
On 29-Oct-2009, the report, which "spreads a fantastic amount of fear, uncertainty and doubt about both open source software in general and, more specifically, the suitability of open source integrated library systems" [1], was posted on Wikileaks.
[1] http://thesecretmirror.com/open-source/leaked-sirsidynix-report
The Report
| Date | Author/Source | Title
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| 2009-10-29 | West, Jessamyn | SirsiDynix Corp lobby paper against Open Source technologies
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| 2009-10-29 | Matienzo, Mark | SirsiDynix Report Leaked, Spreading Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt about Open Source
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| 2009-10-30 | Breeding, Marshall | Clifford Lynch clarifies views relative to open source ILS efforts
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| 2009-10-30 | Matienzo, Mark | Clifford Lynch Clarifies Position on Open Source ILSes
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| 2009-10-30 | Digg | SirsiDynix Corp shovels open source FUD onto its customers
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| 2009-10-30 | Hudson, Alex | Corporate lobbying against free software
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| 2009-10-30 | Abram, Stephen | It's About a Respectful Discussion (defunct) Wayback Machine copy
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| 2009-10-30 | Linux Weekly News | Hudson: Corporate lobbying against free software
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| 2009-10-30 | Hadro, Josh/Library Journal | SirsiDynix Report on Open Source: Promoting Debate or Sowing Fear?
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| 2009-10-30 | Delhaye, Marlene | Fuites
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| 2009-10-30 | Iris/Pegasus Librarian | Report from SirsiDynix on Open Source ILS Platforms Leaked… Oops
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| 2009-10-30 | Hammond, Jason | SirsiDynix Position Paper on Open Source and Stephen Abram's Response
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| 2009-10-30 | Iselid, Lars | Anti open source document from SirsiDynix leaked
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| 2009-10-30 | Lisnews | SirsiDynix Corp [Not Very] restricted lobby paper against Open Source technologies, Sep 2009
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| 2009-10-31 | Free Software Daily | Corporate Lobbying against free software
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| 2009-10-31 | GreenHill, Kathryn | FUD and a Reason to be Cheerful
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| 2009-10-31 | Colford, Scot | Informed decisions and who you get that information from
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| 2009-11-01 | Corrado, Ed | The SirsiDynix and Open Source Kerfuffle
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| 2009-11-02 | Layton, Warren | Patrons as Developers
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| 2009-11-03 | Varghese, Sam/ITWire | Open source FUD is alive and kicking
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| 2009-11-03 | Griffey, Jason | Sirsi-Dynix vs Open Source Software
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| 2009-11-07 | Leggott, Mark | A Response to Stephen Abram and SirsiDynix
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| 2009-11-08 | Williamson, Cynthia | Stephen Abram goads me enough to blog!!
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| 2009-11-08 | Grant, Carl | The OSSification of Viewpoints
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| 2009-11-08 | Corrado, Ed | Are OSS ILSs redundant? Carl Grant and the SirsiDynix kerfuffle
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| 2009-11-11 | Schneider, Karen | Abram on open source: all I can really say
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| 2009-11-11 | Fitzpatrick, Sean/alonline | Open Source Advocates Reject SirsiDynix's Warning about OSS
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| 2009-11-16 | Chawner, Brenda | Missing the point: It’s time to talk about software freedom
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| 2009-11-23 | Ray, M J | US Defense or Sirsi-Dynix – which is more credible?
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Relevant articles
"Some of the most security-conscious entities, like the United States Department of Defense, restrict the use of open source software for fear that it could pose a terrorist opportunity."
