[SLUG] The Linux Uprising

[Adams, Jamie]

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> From: Jonathan Worthington [mailto:jonathan at jwcs.net]
> Sent: 25 February 2003 18:36
> To: scarborough at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] The Linux Uprising
> 
> Good stuff.  :-)  I think Linux is getting to the stage where it can
> seriously be considered as a desktop operating system.  It looks and
feels
> slick, (Open|Star) Office provide a good office toolset that is
compatible
> with MS Office and getting towards being as functional (it seems to
miss
> anything like MS Access though).  

I have been doing a bit of work with access recently and also noticed
that there seems to be a lack of applications like it. Access really is
a good application and it is quite widely used in a lot of offices, it
could be quite a stumbling block for those looking to migrate.

Anyone know of anything similar for Linux?

> Hail Linux... ;-)
> 
> Jonathan
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adams, Jamie" <Jamie.Adams at homegroup.org.uk>
> To: <scarborough at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 12:59 PM
> Subject: [SLUG] The Linux Uprising
> 
> 
> > Linux made the front cover of BusinessWeek magazine this week. Under
the
> > collective heading of "How a ragtag band of software geeks is
> > threatening Sun and Microsoft--and turning the computer world upside
> > down". It features a series of interesting and well researched
articles,
> > pretty much all of them looking at open-source in a positive and
well
> > informed way.
> >
> > It makes quite interesting reading, and stuff like this can only be
good
> > for the cause!
> >
> > You can view the articles online at:
> > http://europe.businessweek.com/magazine/toc/03_09/B382203linux.htm
> >
> > Jamie
> >
> >
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