[SLUG] The Linux Uprising

[Adams, Jamie]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Worthington [mailto:jonathan at jwcs.net]
> Sent: 31 March 2003 14:43
> To: scarborough at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] The Linux Uprising


> phpMyAdmin is awesome, but you can't compare it to Access.  Nor can
you
> expect office workers to learn SQL IMHO.  Businesses won't want to
spend
> money training people to do that.  If MySQL is to be brought to tbe
> business productivity desktop we probably need a nice interface like
> Access
> to "access" it through.
> 

I agree. I don't like using Microsoft products if I can help it, but
with 'Access' they have really brought databases down to regular user
level. Even I can work with them easily. Put SQL or something similar in
front of me however and im likely to just stare at in blankly.

In my opinion, it's a fairly vital part of an office suite, though
neither Sun, KDE or Gnome have addressed this issue with their office
suites. Maybe one day :)
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