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Subject: Re: Files posted to group web site
From: Dan Dugan <>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:13:38 -0800
Rich Peet, you wrote,

>If we are going to go beyond being a series of island collections,
>then each sound file most stand as a historical record on its own.
>I am building a library. Most visitors will want to read a chapter
>from a book or maybe just a page.  It will need to be accessible
>across multiple platforms, systems, and locations, not just the
>collection but each page.

Hear, hear!

>I need to treat my recordings
>as a small library if any of it will survive beyond me.

Where are all the photos people took in 1970...

>Flat file data bases will not be the
>answer for me.  I have fixed a few corrupted ones with 50,000 plus
>records.

Ever use InfoDepot (originally Fair Witness)? I have an important
database in it that's getting corrupted.

-Dan Dugan


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