On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:37:07 -0600 Sam MacDonald <smac at visi.com> wrote: > Ximian also has an Exchange client for Evolution. Yes and Exchange > client so Evolution can connect to Exchange 2003. > > With Open Office and Evolution the only thing missing is an Access > like database software or a front end to MySQL that looks like > Access. > > Linux is now a solution for the desktop at big companies and small. > Do some digging at sourceforge, I'm sure you'll find a few front ends to MySQL/mSQL. Evolution is nice, but has had some quirks that I don't care for. As to OpenOffice, I like it, and use it more than MSOffice. However, my biggest complaints with OO is: - Loss of formatting when saving to other than default .sw* files. - Loss of formatting when opening MSO files. - Cannot open, or rather unlock, password protected MSO files. - Can't set a default for saving as a different file type. Or, so I haven't been able to find. I don't have much experience with MySQL, but one of the problems I see with it is that each workstation would need to have it installed and running. I don't think it's as easily portable as Access is, in regards to just sending a couple of files to someone like you can with Access. -- Shawn "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear." -Mark Twain Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list