> On Sat, 2003-06-14 at 22:05, Trent Shipley wrote:

> The freeware world has no real file-by-file personal database product.
> This
> is often a major objection to OpenOffice.org.  True, a intermediate level
> guru can install Postgress on a laptop, but the whole point of the
> Access/Paradox type product is to minimize the need for expert level
> knowledge.

With a little setup, you can have an experience similar to Access using
OpenOffice:

http://www.unixodbc.org/doc/OOoMySQL9.pdf