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Originally Posted by rcuadro
What I do is just install Calibre on a flash drive (you can also use an external drive)... You can just copy the calibre directory into the flash drive after making changes and it will be good to go when you get to work. That is what I do.
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Right, but my point was that not being permitted to install Calibre at work means that using this method forces you to end up with a flat directory structure at work. Now suppose you want to find some article from Volume 27, Issue 3 of a certain journal. How do you do it? If the database referenced your proprietary folder layout it's trivial. When you download the article you save it wherever you want, copy the layout to the flash drive, and that's it.
Copying the files is bad for the same reason code duplication is bad. And I know the answer is going to be "delete the original copy", but bottom line is it's not possible in some cases. And while you could respond with "well then calibre isn't for you", I would respond to
that by letting you know that that's a total cop out, isn't it better to make the software work for as many people as possible than for as few people as possible? The responses in this thread are disheartening, all people are doing is attacking people who, even though they might be approaching things the wrong way or having a poor tone or attitude, ultimately just want to increase the user base by making the software work for them
in addition to all the people it currently works for.