Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!umich!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!PISCES!GRAHAM From: GRAHAM@PISCES.BITNET (Peter S. Graham) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.pacs-l Subject: RE: CD-ROM vs Mainframe Databases Message-ID: Date: 18 Jan 90 13:50:53 GMT Sender: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum Lines: 14 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway X-VMS-To: IN%"PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET" Approved-By: PACS Forum ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Re the Gerber article in PC Week on where data bases should reside: I read the article, and found it quite a snippy and narrow-minded view of the issue. The ad hominem remarks about the blinders on librarians seemed written to pander to the technical audience of pc-week rather than the kind of thing I would have expected from his academic position at USC. More to the point, the analysis was quite limited and didn't take into account some of the major issues--like cost, for example. It was all impressionistic with very little hard data. I don't think pacs-l readers should go charging after ILL for the piece if it doesn't happen to be around. Peter Graham, Rutgers University / Libraries