HW: Codex & Discography booklet

Olivier Boigey Olivier_Boigey at TECHLINK.FR
Tue Feb 11 12:49:07 EST 1997


BOC/Hawkwind Discussion L,BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU,Internet writes:
Personally, I think the Hawkwind Discography and Codex change so rapidly
(what with new compilations and releases coming out all the time), I see
little point in having a printed copy.  I have a hard enough time keeping
my electronic version up to date, so I don't think I'd stand any chance
with a paper one (if it were in a loose leaf binder I might have a
chance).  My feeling is that it would probably be out of date by the time
you shipped it.  IMHO.

Sorry to appear to sound so negative, but I thought I'd just mention those
issues for consideration.

Declared bias: I am a digital libraries researcher, so I tend to shy away
from paper anyway. ;-)

I agree too, I'd prefer to pay for a database version (files in dbf format)
of the Codex, and then update it freely when needed, and finally print the
last version, a kind of shareware codex; what do you think about it ?

Olivier



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