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The two companies are quite different. LYRASIS has financial strength, and proven leadership. But its members are mostly small and many are public libraries and museums rather than academic. Duraspace has a large international user community, and significant experience with some of the largest research universities in the world. Both support open source community projects while have having complementary strengths.
The new organization will have the resources and position to engage the community in important discussions regarding the role of community supported projects and programs in the world of scholarship. But there are concerns.
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