ONLINE pricing : an interview with Marino F. Saksida of ESA-IRS

Discusses the philosophy and user reactions to ESA-IRS's new on-line pricing structure designed virtually to eliminate connect time as the basis for pricing their on-line data bases and charging for their use. Includes brief comments by Monica Johnson and Peter Walters, of Thorn-EMI, regarding...

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Published inOnline (Weston, Conn.) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 30 - 34
Main Author GARMAN, N
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Wilton, CT Online 1990
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Subjects
Company financing
Company pricing policy
Computerised information retrieval
Computerized information services
Computerized information storage and retrieval
Database industry
Database searching
ESA-IRS
Exact sciences and technology
Fees for services
Finance
Information and communication sciences
Information publishing, dissemination and reproduction
Information retrieval systems. Information and document management system
Information science. Documentation
Information services
Information services industry
Information storage and retrieval
Information work
Internet/Web search services
Magnetic tape
Online information retrieval
Online searching
Prices and rates
Pricing
Saksida, Marino F
Sciences and techniques of general use
Searching
Subject indexing
System design and modelling
Technical services
Research worker
Host computer
Search time
Evolution
Tariffication
User behavior
Interview
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Summary:Discusses the philosophy and user reactions to ESA-IRS's new on-line pricing structure designed virtually to eliminate connect time as the basis for pricing their on-line data bases and charging for their use. Includes brief comments by Monica Johnson and Peter Walters, of Thorn-EMI, regarding the user's viewpoint. 00 N.L.M.
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