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Re: [LUG] DATABASE FOR LINUX



On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:14:39 +0000
Chris Brown <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

try www.thecompany.com/products/rekall

You can choose to download a demo version for free. It is fully working
except that it will close down after one hour. At least you can try it
out for nothing. But note that the fully working versions are not free.

As mentioned before, this is one area where at the moment Linux fails
us. There is no equivalent to Access or Paradox available on Linux.
There are databases, of course, but they have two big problems. One,
they are based on SQL, which I do not like at all. 

Two, and this is the big problem, they do not include an inbuilt GUI. (I
am talking free ones here, Rekall has a sort of GUI).  You have to use a
separate program to create a GUI for your database and link them.

I have found this to be my one moan about Linux. I used to write
databases for small businesses and did very nicely thankyou. Now I would
like to move clients over to Linux, but cannot offer anything that is
anywhere near Access or Paradox.

Neil Winchurst



Do you know where I can get Rekall?  Is it Free/Open?  I tried SF.net
but they appear not to have any files, and the project's homepage
lists SF.net as the place to get downloads...

Cheers.

Grant.


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