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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by tuatoru on Saturday October 21, 2023 @10:40PM (#37972366)
It's still basically a join. If it's on a computer, it can be converted to text files, and then it can be JOINed, one way or another.
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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by ethbr1 on Saturday October 21, 2023 @10:49PM (#37972409)
My sibling from another mother. That's exactly what we did.
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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by csomar on Saturday October 21, 2023 @11:57PM (#37972703)
In these cases, the work is usually about connecting the systems together than the data modification itself.
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Re:The Decline of Computers as a General Purpose Technology ... by TeMPOraL on Sunday October 22, 2023 @05:37AM (#37974029)
No, that's just made up work that's not required to solve a problem. Systems are already connected enough by virtue of being accessible by the same person on the same computer at the same time. Turning this into software project and building Proper Integration is only creating a tight coupling between the systems, which will only keep creating bugs and requires ongoing maintenance.
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