The document, which its author, Stephen Abrams, claimed was not intended to be secret, set off a debate on open source within the library technology community.

However, the actual upgrade required closure of the library system for an additional two days.

Jan Harder, chair of Ottawa's library board, stated an intention to seek compensation from SirsiDynix for the unexpected additional upgrade work.

[13] As of 2020, SirsiDynix was competing in both the academic library realm, where it was well behind the sector leader Ex Libris Group in terms of marketshare; and in the public library space, where its Symphony product was very popular although its older Horizon and DynixClassic products were fading in use.

SirsiDynix announced the BLUEcloud Library Services Platform (LSP) at the annual users group conference, COSUGI.

It is a browser-based system that will integrate SirsiDynix's "administration, discovery, acquisition, and collection management applications."