[Klug-general] How rude!

Tue Jul 19 14:14:52 UTC 2011

On 19/07/11 14:50, Dan Attwood wrote:
>
>      Might not buy it though - perhaps I can cobble together a member
>     management database from LibreOffice Base. That might be fun.
>
> 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.
>
> I personally wouldn't touch any based on access with a 10ft pole and 
>  whilst making your own in Base might be fun you could also 
> be reinventing the wheel.
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?

MikeR
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