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#DBMS and CDROM?

    30-Jan-93 16:45:19
Sb: #DBMS and CDROM?
Fm: Kent A. Reed 75206,1304
To: All
A colleague who develops and distributes very large databases of technical reference data asked me yesterday if any commercial DBMSs (e.g., dBASEn, Paradox, Access, …) work with data stored on CDROMs. Off hand, I don't know why they couldn't, although performance would certainly be an issue with such long access times, but I don't have first hand knowledge. Can any one cite an example of such a system (or a counter argument to the notion)?