Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 24, 2005 12:22 AM
You know that Mac-on-Linux is a PPC only program. That he would need a Mac to run it. So buying a Mac, putting on Linux, just to use Mac-on-Linux to hopefully in the future move to OS X is not and idea that is thought out very well. He has PCs at this time, and to get the best use of these computers for the cheapest amount of money, they went with Linux, since its free.
I would suggest looking into FileMaker (filemaker.com) for a good database frontend but I can't remember if you can make a web front end for your database. Like in Access, where you can export to HTML, which I think you can do with Filemaker. I have only played with a demo version so I'm just throwing that out there for you to look at. Plus you would need a computer running Windows or get a Mac (maybe a mini) to setup the database and gui front end, no linux version yet I believe. Then, I'm not sure about if it has to run from a certain server or you can throw it in the website directory and it will work. Even though you want to cut costs it seems like, you still need to pay for the best products out there. And like most people have said already, Access is not a great option for running a high class DB, even for a small business.
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Re:Linux on Mac / Mac on Linux
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 24, 2005 12:22 AMI would suggest looking into FileMaker (filemaker.com) for a good database frontend but I can't remember if you can make a web front end for your database. Like in Access, where you can export to HTML, which I think you can do with Filemaker. I have only played with a demo version so I'm just throwing that out there for you to look at. Plus you would need a computer running Windows or get a Mac (maybe a mini) to setup the database and gui front end, no linux version yet I believe. Then, I'm not sure about if it has to run from a certain server or you can throw it in the website directory and it will work. Even though you want to cut costs it seems like, you still need to pay for the best products out there. And like most people have said already, Access is not a great option for running a high class DB, even for a small business.
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