Two for the price of one: how to squeeze a DBMS out of a WP

Abstract

Managers of information units with limited budgets must find little comfort in the endless stream of ‘never had it so good’ articles. Microcomputers are daily becoming more powerful and less expensive, today giving computing power that 10 years ago only me largest institutions with access to mainframes could command. Specialised library software capable of handling all the housekeeping and retrieval requirements can be purchased for mere thousands of pounds. And, with a little ingenuity, general purpose software for a fraction of those prices can be purchased and cobbled together to form a workable system designed to meet specific needs.

Citation

Martin, G. (1988), "Two for the price of one: how to squeeze a DBMS out of a WP", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 22 No. 4, pp. 379-389. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047010