[ale] Linux in libraries (a heads-up for June 2002)

[Wandered Inn]

Douglas Knudsen wrote:
> 
> Interesting.  I just moved to Atlanta from the Univeristy of Florida.  The
> state uni system had a web based UI to search any of the states university
> libraries via a web browser.  Yet, within the library were many terminals
> running a text based UI to do queries.  This text based UI reminded me of
> LYNX, which is what I meant to say earlier, 'LYNX like'.  Clearly a DB is
> involved.  That would be one big ass DB though.  I do not have much
> experience with PostGres (SP?), would this handle something of that size?
> I'm sure MySQL would not, yet. Hmmm...

If the database was properly normalized, I don't know that it would be
that large.  Many of the schools would have the same books.


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