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The former was built for millions of dollars by the low bidder with a great sales team.

Great sales team? How about well-connected principals who donate to candidates with the power to decide on the contract.

The former is uttered by someone who doesn't know what "cyber" or "database" means.

the first one is cyber, the second is not.

The former is much more akin to an "e-database".

The serious answer is that there are such things as non-electronic databases.