[Papyrus-L] Papyrus versus other Windows packages

[Hugh Gunz]

All good points -- all Windows programs are slow loading by comparison with 
DOS applications. I haven't had the same experience with slow searches, but 
perhaps that's because I've only got 6000 references in my database. All 
searches I do seem pretty much instantaneous.

It's certainly true that Papyrus has the most reasonable licensing that 
I've encountered, but I guess it's fair to point out that I have three 
offices, and I've only had to buy one Biblioscape license to cover all 
three: all they ask is for you to tell them how many machines you've got, 
and they supply free registration numbers for them once you've bought a 
license for the first, because they know that academics work from multiple 
locations.

Hugh Gunz

At 09:47 AM 2002-04-17 -0400, you wrote:
>As one of those who tried switching to Biblioscape let me add a few
>cautionary comments.
>(1) Biblioscape is a snail! Loading takes forever and its search response 
>time
>is awful.   I run a 12000 reference base in both Papyrus and biblioscape and
>frankly Papyrus is a cheetah compared to Biblioscape.
>(2) As someone who works at home, in my office, in my lab and at remote
>national lab facilities, I have relied on the very reasonable Papyrus 
>licensing
>policy of permitting up to 4 copies of the same database tobe operating on
>related machines.  Try loading a second copy of the supposedly more useful
>Biblioscape on a second machine and see how expensive it can get real fast.
>(3) It is becoming very apparent to me that working around Papyrus' DOS-
>imposed limitations is still far faster and therefore cost effective than 
>trying to
>deal with any of the Windows based programs.
>
>Jerry Delaney
> > I stand corrected on Windows ME!
> >
> > Also I can offer another impartial plug for Biblioscape and Hugh
> > Gunz's macro. However, there still are some remaining kinks to be
> > worked out in converting Papyrus notecards to Biblioscape. If anyone
> > else is interested in converting to Biblioscape, perhaps we can put
> > our heads together to figure it out -- just email me for details.
> >
> > Patricia Szobar
> > PSzobar at aol.com
> >
>
>Jeremy S. Delaney
>Research Scientist, RU Microanalysis,
>Rutgers University, DeptGeological Sciences
>610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ08854-8066
>PH: 732-445-3616: FX: 732-445-3374: jsd at rci.rutgers
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