Posted by: hopethishelps
on April 24, 2008 02:34 PM
I'm confused about what exactly OpenOffice Base is for.
There are already good, mature free-software databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL. Why do we need another one that isn't as good?
Is OO Base intended as a front-end to a database? If so, why doesn't it focus on that and rely on a MySQL or PostgreSQL backend?
Did the OO.o people decide they needed a half-assed database because Microsoft Office has one? (Access ... actually I'm being kind to Access by calling it a half-assed database, it isn't really a database at all .... but I digress).
I'd like to see an article that explains that to me.
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Posted by: hopethishelps on April 24, 2008 02:34 PMThere are already good, mature free-software databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL. Why do we need another one that isn't as good?
Is OO Base intended as a front-end to a database? If so, why doesn't it focus on that and rely on a MySQL or PostgreSQL backend?
Did the OO.o people decide they needed a half-assed database because Microsoft Office has one? (Access ... actually I'm being kind to Access by calling it a half-assed database, it isn't really a database at all .... but I digress).
I'd like to see an article that explains that to me.
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