Re: Apple's monopolistic business practices

In article <tcjv6413lhjn2mn6jjk9r2jmv30hmvol0s@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 Howard Brazee <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> On Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:31:24 -0500, erilar
> <drache@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> >> What would be the characteristics of a photo database that would be
> >> sufficiently powerful that you would choose it over categorizing by
> >> using a hierarchal file system?    The old way has the advantage in
> >> simplicity and by being ubiquitous, but its power is limited.
> >
> >Ah, but it behaves as I want it to.  It's clumsy at times, but it's 
> >comfortable 8-)
> 
> I understand that.   I was asking you what features would be
> sufficiently attractive to get you to change.    
> 
> It's not hard to predict powerful database features that could
> persuade us.   Whether they arrive while we still have the interest
> and energy to convert our thinking is another issue.

About the only thing I can think of would be some way to cross-refernce 
within folders, but I can do that to a certain extent with programs I 
already have.  iPhoto is certainly useless for editing compared to a 
couple other programs I have, and they're easy to use with my current 
nested folders.

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Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

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