[thelist] database central

[rudy]

> When did databasecentral.com get bought
> and redesigned into an icky, icky portal?

hi david

   "DatabaseCentral.com was acquired by TechTarget.com
    in July 2000 and now forms the basis of searchDatabase.com's 
    extensive library of Web Links."
    -- 
http://searchdatabase.techtarget.com/searchDatabase_Meet_the_Editorial_Team/0,281937,,00.html

> Why do companies feel the overwhelming need to 
> break perfectly good interfaces? grrr...!

pressure from the marketing dept?  absence of a usability dept? 
propeller-heads running amok, i.e. utter and complete corporate domination 
by the technology dept? 

lest you think i'm kidding, i can't come up with any other reason that 
adequately explains why when techtarget also took over whatis.com they 
proceeded to invalidate millions of bookmarks around the world by 
implementing a new url scheme based on some lame-ass content management 
system that generates file names like 

 http://whatis.techtarget.com/WhatIs_Definition_Page/0,4152,212307,00.html


i guess we can't complain too much, though, because in both of the 
abovementioned sites, the content is all still there (as far as i can 
tell)


rudy.ca