On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:20:54AM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20090526144742.gd5...@cat.rubenette.is-a-geek.com>, lee wrote: > >On a side note, what I could use is a Linux version of MS Access. That > >really is one very useful tool, and even that doesn't require an > >RDBMS. > > Actually, it does. The Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a required part of > an MS Access install. MS Excel might even require it at this point.
Sorry, I was mistaken about the meaning of RDBMS. I was thinking about a DBMS that uses some sort of server which can be run on another computer (or the same). > You might check out the database component of KOffice 2 (still in beta, > IIRC). It is supposed to be a bit friendlier than the OO.o database > component and should, by default, use an SQLite database embedded in the > document. Sounds good --- I'll try it out. 44 packages to install ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
