My NCSU colleague, Tito Sierra, said to me yesterday, “Haven’t the last two years of the library system industry been more interesting that the previous 10?” I could not disagree. And today’s news not only adds credence to that theory, it could make the next 5–10 years continually interesting. The News SirisDynix announced today that it would begin developing a “holistic platform” for its automation system, code-named Rome. Okay, what does this mean? First some facts, and then some conjecture and editorial. SirsiDynix will unveil that we are blending the strengths and best features of Unicorn, Horizon/Corinthian, and other solutions …