Re: see what the boys in the back room will have
jason varsoke (jjv@caesun.msd.ray.com)
Wed, 01 Sep 1999 10:16:00 -0400 (EDT)
> The most frustrating thing about the OED now is that while there
> exists an electronic version of it, Oxford U.P. only sells you the
> raw data, on the assumption that you have a programmer lying around
> somewhere who will write you a front-end for it.
I just wish they threw the CD-ROM in with a purchase of the Book. I'd
love to have the "raw data." Being a pretty good coder, I'd love the
chance to make my own interface to the OED a Java Version Maybe, that way
everyone could run it, no matter the platform.
-j