I started 2 years later, so I'm almost as stubborn as you but my clients and I are getting desperate.
Does Libreoffice database have the advantage of DataPerfect which is an extraordinary program because it does not require the use of a programming language? I don't mind paying for a good program, if only DP would upgrade to Windows. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > Hello Malkie, > > Although I'm one of the stubborn dinosaurs still enamored of DP (since > 1988), I too see the end of this joyride. I've been looking at alternatives > out there and I just started checking out Libreoffice's Base. It can run on > Windows (XP, 7 and 8) or Linux, plus it comes in an office suite program > compatible with word and excel. Immediate draw of course is that it's free > software. > > Has anyone in this group experimented with Libreoffice's base yet? I would > appreciate comments, reviews or suggestions about it. > > Ed > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of barmag > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 12:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Dataperf] Is it time to abandon DP after 24 years? > > Hi Everyone; > > Haven't heard from our DP friends for a long time. What happened? Has DP > become so > defunct that I'm the only one left using it? ; ( > > Many of my clients and I have upgraded to Win 64-bit but apparently this new > > platform is not quite compatible for DP Dos version and we need to upgrade > to a > different database. Although I'm sure no program can ever be as superb as > DP, I would > appreciate any suggestion of a more up-to-date user friendly, simple and > great program > to replace DP. > > I hereby would officially like to thank Lew Bastian, DP's author, and the > crew, for this > amazing program I purchased in 1990 and became addicted to. Any plans of > coming > out with a Window's version? I would pay any amount for it. > > Malkie > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
