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Subject:Re: Compare Thee to a Database From:Sella Rush <SellaR -at- APPTECHSYS -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 1 Jul 1997 15:25:13 -0700
Good example of a metaphor quickly going obsolete--I haven't used a card
catalog since 1987.
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Sella Rush
sellar -at- apptechsys -dot- com
Applied Technical Systems, Inc. (ATS)
Bremerton, Washington USA
Developers of the CCM Database
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> From: Karen Kay[SMTP:karen -at- WORDWRITE -dot- COM]
> Reply To: Karen Kay
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 1997 2:28 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Compare Thee to a Database
>
> Phillip Winn said:
> > A database is like the card file system at the library, except that
> all of
> > the cards can be sorted any one of a dozen different ways at the
> touch of a
> > button.
> >
> > A database is like a filing cabinet is pretty popular, but I like
> the
> > library card file system analogy better.
>
> Too bad most libraries have switched to online!:) (At least, the
> public libraries around here don't have card catalogs for patrons to
> use.)
>
> Karen
> on -dot- vacation -at- wordwrite -dot- com
>
>
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