On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 09:39:42PM -0800, Tracy R Reed wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > > 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. > > I think you have missed the point. It is unlikely that anyone here > really likes Access. Of course we all prefer Free Software. What we are > saying is that it would be nice if there were a program just as powerful > and easy to use as Access so pointy-haired types could whip up a cool > looking database driven application with a minimum of learning like they > can with Access. If the boss wants Linux on his desk (or is at least > willing to tolerate it) it makes it easier for guys like you and me to > get Linux on our desks (which is what we want, right?).
Wait a minute. I've been down the road of PHBs generating: - dBASE programs - SQL queries - spreadsheets till hell wouldn't have them While I never advocate making tools difficult to screen out idiots using them, being easy enough for an idiot to use is not necessarily an advantage. Good word processors don't make idiots good writers. And people with no understanding of data make really creatively bad data bases. Monumentally bad data bases. Stinko yucko pukey data bases. Thick lipstick on an ugly pig data bases. This is not something that makes me love Access. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
