Bupkus wrote:

>I've been dancing around this programming project on and off for years and
>I've started work on it again.
>
>I have relatives with a family childcare business. They don't like their
>current software which they can't modify and support won't either... sound
>familiar?  
>
>The fact is I just don't know where to begin.  I have a very little
>experience some years back with MS Access 2.0 but I don't think that will
>help me now.  I do have MS Office 2003 Pro with Access, but even if lets say
>I use that, after all that work, I can't market it even if it's good enough,
>can I?
>
>I would like, in time, to release two families of a product; one for Windows
>and a cheaper alternative for those willing to do Linux. Maybe even a mix of
>both for those daycares with more than one computer. 
>
>I have VStudio .NET which I've started learning but I don't know how I could
>augment it with a small database like what Access has. 
>
>Can you offer some guidance as to which tools to use in either Windows or
>Linux? Thanks.
>
>
>---------------------------------------------------
>PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:
>http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>  
>
If you don't do a lot of programming I'm going to suggest OpenOffice for 
the front end and mysql or SQLite for the backend. If you do a lot of 
Programming I'm going to suggest XUL for the front end and MySQL or 
PostgreSQL for the backend. Both solutions will work on both platforms. 
The XUL solution will work on more than just those two and would proably 
be easier to extend later. Remember to first check and see if there is 
already an opensource solution out there. (perhaps you can just help 
with one that is)

-- 
Carl Parrish(cparrish@carlparrish.com)
http://www.carlparrish.com
--
Registered Linux User #295761 http://counter.li.org

---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change  you mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss