A Moving to Linux Question

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-03-05 at 08:33 +1000, James wrote: 
> Hi Ric
> 
> > 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 
> theiropen office
> > 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
> 
> Out of curioustity I decided to look thru synaptic and came across 
> mdbtools-gmdb. Might that be functional? As I have no need of it I've 
> never tried it but maybe worth a shot?

I tried it. It's functionality went past me in both lanes. So, I didn't
see immediate gratification, but maybe I'll dink with it more later.
Ric


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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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