Tinlib was an

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. The system was developed for

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History

Tinlib was developed in 1985 by Dr. Peter Noerr, who also founded IME Ltd. (Information Management & Engineering) in London. During the 1980s, the system became widespread, especially in Britain, the United States, and English-speaking countries such as South Africa and Australia. Tinlib lost market share with the introduction of

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. There remained a market for a time in eastern Europe; a Romanian subsidiary, IME Romania, took over Tinlib when IME Ltd. was closed in 2002. IME Romania further developed the system for Tinread.

References

External links

Cibbarelli's Surveys: User Ratings of Information Navigator Software
* http://www.ime.ro/en/ * http://www.ifnet.it * http://www.tinread.ro/ Library automation DOS software Unix software {{compu-library-stub