Vista Equity Partnes buys SirsiDynix 2007 January 2
I wrote previously that Vista Equity Partners was going to invest in SirsiDynix. The deal was officially announced on December 27. Well, it seems that Vista is doing more than investing, it is purchasing SirsiDynix. What well this mean, I’m not sure but Vista is saying that it won’t change much with SirsiDynix. Personally, I think that wouldn’t be a good move for customers of SirsiDynix. While SirsiDynix is a market leader in the public library market (and is the leader or near the top in some other library markets), their flagship Integrated Library Systems (ILS) product (as with all proprietary ILS products) can use a good deal of work. Library Journal picked up on Dan Scott’s blog post and is also speculating that the big difference customers might see is higher costs. I guess if that happens – especially without an improved product – maybe more libraries will seriously begin to consider Open Source solutions such as Evergreen and Koha.