Access alternatives

[George Toft]

I am currently testing a product by Technalign called Technology Pro 
Version XI.  It's TA Fusion Mepis and crossover office professional 
edition.  Price is about $140 each. 
http://www.tafusion.com/products/pro-with-pro.php

Their big selling point is no viruses, no spyware, none of the other 
Windows features that plague businesses today.

I have not tried Access on it yet, but I'm sure you can contact them and 
get a copy to demo.  Ask to be a part of the TAFusion Mepis Challenge.

George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
My IT Department
www.myITaz.com
480-544-1067

Confidential data protection experts for the financial industry.


Nathan England wrote:
> I have thought about such a project, but they are not interested in such a 
> rewrite of their current databases. Though because they are quite large, 
> maybe I should recommend that. But to satisfy the immediate urge for a Linux 
> desktop, I am just seeking a quick and simple solution.
> 
> I do think a migration to a real database is not out of the question though, 
> just not at this time.
> 
> On Tuesday 18 April 2006 11:48, you wrote:
> 
>>OO has a reasonable personal database function and can be used to build
>>queries forms and reports, though it is not nearly access quality.  In
>>addition I have had major issues with the file based DB it uses, so I
>>would recommend putting up a MySQL back end for the data and use a
>>combination of tools like the one in OO and more powerful ones like
>>DBACentral or MySQLFrontend to take care of creating tables and lookups.
>>
>>Though I am sure others have even better tool suggestions.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of
>>Nathan England
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:39 AM
>>To: Phoenix-LUG,
>>Subject: Access alternatives
>>
>>
>>One of the departments in an organization I consult for recently
>>requested a
>>new server. I gave them several recommendations and they chose the more
>>power
>>system to my surprise, but with opted for RHEL4 instead of Windows 2003
>>Server.
>>
>>Two weeks later, I have completed the integration/replacement of the
>>Windows
>>2000 AD server with the RHEL4/Samba server. The integration was nearly
>>flawless with only a few minor irritations I have yet to figure out. But
>>
>>throughout all this, I have had the corporate honchos watching what I am
>>
>>doing and have been impressed with the features of the server and things
>>I
>>can do with my laptop. Since many of them are having major spyware
>>issues,
>>which so far I am lucky to avoid being a consultant I am not to waste
>>time on
>>little projects... lol, I they are seeking a way to avoid all these
>>problems.
>>Throughout discussions on the server and why RHEL instead of Windows,
>>they
>>recall my mention of 'no spyware and few viruses' and they are curious
>>about
>>their desktops now. The entire orgranization uses word documents and
>>excel
>>spreadsheets, nothing advanced by any means, which OO.o could easily
>>replace
>>and some are already using it. The only problem however is the access
>>databases, which there are MANY.
>>
>>Are there any ( I don't care free or not, just _ANY_ ) replacements or
>>alternatives for Access databases?
>>
>>Nathan
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