Access alternatives

[JD Austin]

Nathan England wrote:
> 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
>   
I believe that Open office base combined with Mysql or Postgresql can do 
most of what access can do.
Rekall comes close but "isn't quite there".

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JD Austin
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