Semi-OT: Database for "average" users

[billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]

In principle I agree, but don't underestimate the utility of a spreadsheet.

On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 09:58:36AM -0700, Joseph Kubik wrote:
> What do people need to put into a DB of this nature?
> 
> The problem that I've seen is that while easy to use (MSaccess in
> particular), a small light DB is soon just another albatross because
> the data becomes corrupt, or you have to port the whole db to
> something that allows multiuser access, correctly.
> If a flat file is not good enough, I immediately go for a real DB.
> -Joseph-
> On 4/30/05, Kevin C. Krinke <kckrinke-eqjHHVKjh9GttCpgsWEBFlaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2005-04-30 at 12:09 -0400, phil wrote:
> > <snipped for brevity>
> > > I guess the question is, anyone know of a project designed to bring an
> > > all-in-one database solution to end users such that conceptually easy
> > > things are, in fact, easy to do?  (Does anyone think it's even
> > > possible?)
> > 
> > OpenOffice.org 2.0 has a MS Access type database. I've recently fiddled
> > with the snapshot builds and everything seems to be functional though I
> > did not do anything beyond tinkering with the database functionality.
> > 
> > http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html
> > 
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> > Kevin C. Krinke <kckrinke-eqjHHVKjh9GttCpgsWEBFlaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
> > Open Door Software Inc.
> > 
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