Hi,

thanks to the combined effort of a number of people, there's hope that
Linux users of OpenOffice.org will be able to access Microsoft Access
databases (.mdb) in a not-too-distant future.

An OpenOffice.org database driver, based on the MDBTools project [1], is
currently being developed. On OpenOffice.org side, the credits for this
driver go to Yong Wind Li, Alexandre Horst, Luciano Wolf, and Fridrich
Strba (at least, there've been a lot of people involved over time :).

A preliminary version of an OpenOffice.org installation set, based on
the 680m165 milestone, is available from [2].

If you're interested in this feature, you're encouraged to download and
install this version, and stress it with as many MSA databases as possible.

Provide us with your feedback (preferrably in [email protected]),
to help making this driver even better than it currently is!

Thanks & Ciao
Frank

[1]http://mdbtools.sourceforge.net/
[2]http://ooo.services.openoffice.org/pub/OpenOffice.org/cws/upload/mdbdriver02

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