A Moving to Linux Question

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 16:35 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote: 
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> :
> >
> > To date, for instance, we still don't have an actual equivalent to MS
> > Access ...that is a drop-in replacement to handle an existing Access
> > database, unless you go through the contortions of exporting and
> > importing into OpenOffice Database.
> 
> Well, we *are* talking about Access here, right?  Do we *really* want
> a drop-in replacement for something that ghastly?
> 
> Just sayin'....

I hear ya! I just get files to deal with, from our Windows addicted
staff members, and I'm still in stealth mode to convert them and their
pet data projects over to Linux. Ole Arlo was right, what we got here is
a "movement", ...towards the "Right Thing". It ain't, by any stretch, a
"Fait accompli". :) Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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