I can see what you’re getting at — but for a relatively new ILS, I consider Koha quite an achievement. Maybe it needs a little more slick makeover here and there, but remember, these folks are **just getting started** compared to the decades of library automation the III’s and SirsiDynix’s of the world have had…

As an Innovative / Millennium user, I’d have to say that the “immature” designation is easily applied to our system, especially in the WebOPAC — where it really counts for our clients’ interaction. Endless examples here…

I’d have to say that especially WebOPAC wise, Koha & Evergreen are already offering same or more of what we have now even after the 12+ years of investment into III. Give the Koha folks another year or two and I’m sure they’ll be even more competitive.

I think more and more folks are coming to the conclusion that it makes sense to invest into an “immature” ILS based upon open foundations, rather than to continue staying with proprietary, closed systems with vendors who engineer their products for obfuscation and whose products limit our innovation through extreme and needless product segmentation…

To see a better example of the “state of koha” than was presented, check out the West Liberty PL site: http://opac.wlpl.org/

Roger