[SLUG] The Linux Uprising

[Chris More]

On Wednesday 26 February 2003 2:54 pm, you wrote:
> 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 :-)


I haven't looked into it in detail, but, wouldn't Kylix be usable for this ?

Chris


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