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Cheri Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 4 Feb 1998 07:16:46 -0500
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Medlibbers -

I agree wholeheartedly with Dalia. I have been a supporter of PubMed
since I first encountered it. It was (and I emphasize "was") a decent,
plain vanilla product. What we have been given has all the
characteristics of a beta (alpha, actually) product. It just doesn't work
and should never have been released.

Try doing a search on AIDS and ask for cites from the last 90 days. You
will get cites from 1989 instead. Unacceptable. Busy people don't have
the time for "workarounds" of this magnitude.

Cheri Smith, MLS
Carroll County General Hospital
Westminster, MD
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>In Industry, such programs go into a "beta test", and then it does Not
>take "years" to make changes.  Such "works in progress" should be
>stated as such, and users given the option until it is agreed that it is
>comparaablae, or acceptable.

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