On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 08:58:21PM -0800, Alan wrote: > Gabriel Sechan wrote: > >> > > > >Why? We have MySQL and Postgres. A default install of those and we're > >good to go. Just plug accessor functions into OOO. > > > >Gabe > > > > Access is much more than a database. > It includes report generation (pulling data, formatting it, putting it > in charts, etc), easy query generation (drag and drop, query > optimization and error finding). You can link to databases, > spreadsheets, SQL servers, Word documents, etc. It can find the > dependencies between all those disparate sources, update them all on a > single change in a Access table. > Not to mention drag and drop data entry form building and scripting. > > Access is a pretty powerful program under the surface. Just sticking an > sql query builder into Open Office isn't quite the same thing. > > -ajb
If you like Access, by all means use Access. Nothing you've mentioned cannot be done with various tools available in Linux. I prefer to spend my time, which is a limited resource, learning tools that are open in spirit and fact. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
