[SLUG] The Linux Uprising

[Jonathan Worthington]

Hi,

> 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?

I haven't heard of or seen anything that exists to attempt to fill this
hole, let alone succeed.  The thing is that there is no need for another
database engine; there are plenty of those hanging around (e.g MySQL,
PgSQL).  What (all?) that needs making is an easy to use and highly
functional front end to allow someone with zero SQL knowledge to create a
database and do useful stuff with it.  And possibly invent a file format
that allows a database to be passed around as a single file 'cus people
might miss that from Access too.  You could then beat Access by miles when
you advanced it to handling multi-user databases.  Just my thoughts.

Jonathan :-)

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