[meteorite-list] Anyone using Metbase?

From: Alexander Seidel <alex.seidel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 00:38:33 +0200
Message-ID: <trinity-22f11e35-dd19-417b-ae34-d559715a5e02-1401662313262_at_3capp-gmx-bs71>

Hi All,

does anyone have experiences with Windows 8 so far in this respect?
I am using MetBase on an old laptop with XP, which works well, but
will upgrade to another machine soon, and these new machines, if they
are not from "Apple", will now run on Windows 8 or 8.1, right?

Joern Koblitz, afaik, is a very busy man, CEO of his own company in a
field now which has nothing to do with meteorites. This is at least what
I have heard in the past, when I asked people who knew him, as to whether
he will upgrade his great database or not. I was happy enough to talk
to him, and meet him on several occasions, but this is already a decade
or so ago. So I?m not sure about the actual situation, and especially
not sure, whether an adjustment to new operating systems can or will be
made or not. There are certainly some guys around here, who will still
have more actual contacts to Joern, they may know. Or Joern himself may be
reading this, as he was an always-present, very friendly and knowledgeable
man on many meteoritical "occasions" (e. g. MetSoc meetings) in the past,
And by the way, he had (or may be he still has) a very impressive personal
collection of meteorites.

Alex
Berlin/Germany



> Gesendet: Montag, 02. Juni 2014 um 00:08 Uhr
> Von: "Peter Scherff via Meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> An: "Sergey Vasiliev" <vs.petrovich at gmail.com>
> Cc: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Anyone using Metbase?
>
> Hi Sergey,
>
> I have it loaded on to a windows 7 machine. I was too stupid to know that I couldn't. It works perfectly.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Peter
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jun 1, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Sergey Vasiliev <vs.petrovich at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Mike, Peter, All,
> > Unfortunately MetBase is not working on the MS OS systems above
> > Windows XP. At least on my PC. I'm keeping MS XP on my computer just
> > for that!
> > I do like MetBase very much and hope that Joern will adjust it for the
> > new Windows OSs. Even without updates for the new meteorites entries,
> > just with the old database.
> > I'm personally using MetBase database for my website. I like that I
> > can use the actual day/month of fall/find to show it
> > (http://sv-meteorites.com/) on the right column.
> > Unfortunately MetBull has no data like this.
> > Best!
> > Sergey
> >
> >
> > On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Peter Scherff via Meteorite-list
> > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> >> Hi Mike,
> >>
> >> Metbase is my first stop when looking for info on a meteorite. If I
> >> want to add a sample to my collection the repository info is a great help.
> >> If I want to learn more about the meteorite the list of references is
> >> awesome, it is almost as good as having Bernd Pauli beside you. The only
> >> problem is that it needs to be updated. If there was an update available I
> >> would purchase it in an instant. My guess is that the online database of the
> >> Meteoritical society has cut into the demand for Metbase. It shouldn't,
> >> Metbase has a great multivariate search function that leaves the Met
> >> society's database in the dust. I hope that Metbase is updated soon, I need
> >> a new disk and would love more info on more meteorites.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Meteorite-list [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On
> >> Behalf Of Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
> >> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 2:44 PM
> >> To: Meteorite List
> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Anyone using Metbase?
> >>
> >> Hi List,
> >>
> >> I was looking at the MetBase website and was curious if anyone here is
> >> currently using the MetBase software. Do you find it useful and is it worth
> >> the investment?
> >>
> >> I noticed that the last update listed on the website was scheduled for 2012.
> >> Is it still being updated?
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> MikeG
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