To: perfect_rovian_storm
People love to claim it isnt, but the fact is that cross-platform apps like Pidgin, Firefox, and Thunderbird are gaining market share every day.
I'm getting more impressed with some of the new, large niche apps. Openproj looks like a keeper, and Microsoft had 90+% of the "project" software market, and hence could charge REALLY exorbitant fees for their decent product.
I am waiting for a Linux database program with a useable front end. The one that comes with OpenOffice is awful. Ideally, something that reads and writes SQL, Access and the old standards (DBF, Paradox) but looks more like FileMaker Pro.
17 posted on
09/10/2009 6:18:32 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Dr. Sivana
I use Mysql with PHPMyadmin as the frontend.
I love it, but it’s what I’ve been used to using for about 10 years, so your mileage may vary. :)
22 posted on
09/10/2009 6:23:41 AM PDT by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: Dr. Sivana
I am waiting for a Linux database program with a useable front end. The sad part about your comment is that you apparently believe Access is a real database program. Real databases don't HAVE a user-level front end. They leave the front end for an application developer to create.
In the world of real databases, Access is a sad joke. It's useful for two things, in my experience:
1) It's a good way to import and/or export stuff to a real database since it speaks many "languages". (There are some limitations here though. A large table with too many fields or indexes will make Access choke.)
2) It has decent reporting capabilities.
A big part of my living is replacing old Access dbs with something stable that multiple users can work in simultaneously. (Oracle for big stuff, Firebird for small to medium stuff)
37 posted on
09/10/2009 6:45:18 AM PDT by
TChris
(There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
To: Dr. Sivana
50 posted on
09/10/2009 7:18:48 AM PDT by
papasmurf
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To: Dr. Sivana
I am waiting for a Linux database program with a useable front end. Me too. If the DOS version of Paradox 4.5 was ported to Linux, it would be a winner.
78 posted on
09/16/2009 10:45:03 AM PDT by
TexasRepublic
(Obama = Jim Jones coercing us into suicide on a national scale)
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