At lunch the other day, the conversation turned, as it often does, to the current state library automation vendors. (I kid you not, it does happen, though admittedly, and fortunately, not that often.) Just as an intellectual exercise, I was trying to remember all the different names and iterations, as a result of buyouts, mergers and what have you, of the company currently known as Sirsi/Dynix, the purchase of which was just recently completed.
If you ever find yourself in a similar situation, you can always consult the Library Technology Guide's chart tracing the library automation industry back to the beginning of time, which would be 1973.
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