[WEB4LIB] Re: Cd Launch from Web Browser

[Dan Lester]

At 11:02 AM 5/26/99 -0700, Gary E. Masters wrote:
>I am very interested in how you work out a solution to this problem.  We
>had a CD tower that crashed a lot, so I got a really big Dell NetWare
>server (nearly 100 gb of hard disk space) and now put the Cd's in volumes
>in Netware.  However, we run out of drive letters.

Although I'm sure you'll hear other solutions, I'd heartily recommend you 
get SP to give you a test of the same databases on the web.  The prices are 
identical for almost all products for the same number of simultaneous 
users.  You'll get campus wide access and you'll find it easy to 
authenticate off campus users if you care to.  Your patrons will LOVE the 
improved access and the access from home.

We used to have 84 CDROM drives networked.  We're now down under sixty, and 
expect to be under 40 by fall, perhaps even under 28.   Everybody will be 
MUCH happier.

Contact me off list if you want more info.   And, this isn't SP specific, 
as you'll find similar options from many other database providers.

cheers

dan






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