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From: forbes@sp11.csrd.uiuc.edu (Michael Scott Forbes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac Software database.
Keywords: More Ambitious!
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Date: 20 Jul 90 05:40:54 GMT
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In article <10469@odin.corp.sgi.com> pho@dilow.esd.sgi.com writes:
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>     OK guys and girls, how about this for an idea. How about a news group that
>has a list of _all_ mac programs. Included will be the program title, author,
>what it is, and the current version number.

If you *really* want to get ambitious, why not develop something similar to
the Dewey Decimal System and apply it to computer software?  Maybe get the
Library of Congress involved, set up a national software archive...

:-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)

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