Access

[Neil Winchurst]

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:49:37 -0500
Stew Schneider <stew.schneider at gmail.com> wrote:

> You know, one of the most recurrent problems is entering an office that 
> has an Access app and realizing that this one app is going to keep them 
> from the Linux world unless you are willing to dump the data to mysql or 
> some such and then (the biggest headache) recreate the forms, queries 
> and reports from scratch.
> 
> I've never found a package that will do that. Anybody know of one?
> 
> stew
> 
> 

Back in the days when I used Windows I used to write databases for
small companies. I used Borland Paradox which was similar to Access but
IMHO much better. Anyway I was quite successful and made a reasonable
career out of it.

I have been using just Linux for about six years now. I found that 
everything I wanted to do was available except a database in the
Access, Paradox style. I have always considered this to be a big
problem for Linux users and over the years since then I have not seen
the situation get much better.

I have looked at Rekall, Knoda, Kexi and others but, as far as I know,
there is still not anywhere in Linux an equivalent to Access or
Paradox, even after six years of waiting. What I am referring to here
is a program which contains everything in the one package, the so
called monolithic database. Yes, I know that there are front ends to
mysql et al and I accept that that is one way to go. But, I still
believe that an all-in-one database package for Linux, à la Access, is
needed and would be welcomed by many.

Just my two pennyworth.

Neil Winchurst