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Subject:Re: Managing the documentation process (Database) From:"Wilcox, John (Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:13:00 -0700
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From: Tom Tomasovic
- Do others among you have similar
requirements?
- How do you manage them?
- Are there other tools (programs?) which you
feel would do this more efficiently?
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Here we use PVCS Tracker (from Intersolv). It's quite flexible; I'm
sure it would do what you need. Also, it interfaces PVCS Version
Manager.
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BTW, my Technology department no longer
"supports" Paradox, so they would like me to use
MS Access or Lotus Notes.
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A word of warning: Access sucks as badly as WinWord. Big, bulky, slow.
Like using a barge to go fishing. Like hiring a Sumo wrestler as a
jockey. Like using a sledge hammer to drive a finishing nail.
Regards,
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services
Weyerhaeuser
WWC 2E2
Tacoma, WA 98477-0001
206-924-7972
wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
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