The problems you state are exactly to the point. A good replacement for Ms Access is a real must for any business, big or small. In my job as a developer, I have to use Access every day, and thanks to Microsoft changing their file-format with almost every version, it's becoming a pain to use as well. I'm getting tired of fighting with our IT-buyer over the fact I refuse to use anything else than Access97. I just have a lot of legacy apps to maintain and I cannot just simply switch file-formats without having to recode a lot of stuff. I have for instance hundreds of our customers using my software to consult documentation and order spare parts electronically, a thing which is based on an Access97-database on the client-side. We are looking for a good replacementfor Access, even in the Windows world! There are enough good databases out there, MySQL being one of them, but as a front-end, nothing beats the speed and ease of Access. At home, where I don't have the database problem, I'm happily using Linux (Linspire 5-0). Lispire is a particularly good choice for the home user due to their CNR (Click and Run) Warehouse. I know a lot of people in the Linux world knock it, but hey, you should try it first. I've tried many distro's over the years, including Mandrake, Xandros, redHat, Fedora, Debian, Knoppix, etc... but I'm sticking with Linspire. This is the first time that after a couple of days after installing a distro, I'm actually USING it to do my usual stuff, instead of making all the bits of it work. Great to read you are managing on Linux though, good for you!
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Posted by: canckaer on May 21, 2005 07:06 PMAt home, where I don't have the database problem, I'm happily using Linux (Linspire 5-0). Lispire is a particularly good choice for the home user due to their CNR (Click and Run) Warehouse. I know a lot of people in the Linux world knock it, but hey, you should try it first. I've tried many distro's over the years, including Mandrake, Xandros, redHat, Fedora, Debian, Knoppix, etc... but I'm sticking with Linspire. This is the first time that after a couple of days after installing a distro, I'm actually USING it to do my usual stuff, instead of making all the bits of it work.
Great to read you are managing on Linux though, good for you!
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