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On 19/07/11 14:50, Dan Attwood wrote:
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Might not buy it though - perhaps I can cobble together a
member management database from LibreOffice Base. That
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It's probably worth having a look around at web based stuff.
Something like civicrm which is OSS and free. By being web
based you avoid the need to be running stuff in VMs or being
tied to XP.
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<div>I personally wouldn't touch any based on access with a
10ft pole and whilst making your own in Base might be fun
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<font size="-1"><font face="sans-serif">Thanks for that Dan. I'll
have a look at civicrm but I always wonder about cloud-based
stuff. What happens if the company goes belly-up? Do I lose my
membership data?<br>
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