Scale Economies
Economies of Scale is a concept from Economics that describes a condition where expanding an activity results in decreasing costs per unit at the margin. These savings result from efficiencies that are realized as the activity increases in size. In other words, being able to do more or make more, with fewer resources spent per … Continue Reading about Scale Economies →
Evergreen at 4
Evergreen’s fourth birthday was on September 5 over the U.S. Labor Day weekend. It has taken a bit of time to assemble data on the libraries running Evergreen. We are all aware of the growth of Evergreen use in libraries and in the community and the numbers I have assembled help demonstrate that fact. There … Continue Reading about Evergreen at 4 →
Evergreen 2.0, alpha 4 – “Hot Diggity”
The Evergreen development team has put together another 2.0 alpha release in the relentless march towards stability. The release, cleverly named alpha 4, incorporates a much smaller number of bug fixes and performance improvements than alpha 3, suggesting that we are indeed getting close to the level of stability needed for a good beta release. … Continue Reading about Evergreen 2.0, alpha 4 – “Hot Diggity” →