Re: US database

["D.F.S." <dfs@xmission.com>]

> 
> 
> [...lots of talk about free tapes snipped...]
> 
>    I can appreciate taking advantage of a "deal" to save money when
> you can, but is messing with 9 track tapes verses CD-ROM really worth
> it?  Personally, I don't see $36 for the new CD-ROM distribution as
> being unreasonable. That works out to just $216 for a one year
> subscription, (which also includes a 4 month notice when format
> changes are coming).
> 
As a talker of free tapes, I agree.
I replied to that messages before I saw the Info on the CD-ROM 
distribution.

I'm still of the opinion that data should be spread far and wide
and for free, 'cause the fee they are charging SHOULD be just
to cover cost of distribution, the info should be free.

If "We" take over the distribution, our costs should be almost
nothing.

Marc

I have/had code to parse the stuff into C Structures and it could
be packed WAY down from the original format by using flags packed
into bits and numbers stuck into Numeric Variables and not Text.

Marc



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