Re: Linux alternative to m$ abscess?
From: The Ghost In The Machine (ewill_at_aurigae.athghost7038suus.net)
Date: 08/31/04
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:01:31 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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on Sat, 28 Aug 2004 21:32:36 -0300
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> I've offered to install SuSE Linux Pro for a colleague as a cure for
> the ills that windoze is heir to. He has a RYO application for
> cataloging his books, and is considering redoing it in m$ abscess.
> I've tried to convince him to use an open source DBMS instead, but he
> wants a GUI for administering the data base and for developing the
> application. Please don't ask me why he wants a GUI; I don't see the
> point to it, but he's adamant.
>
> So, what can you suggest to save him from the Evil Empire? Ideally it
> not be tied to a single DBMS.
>
Presumably this has been suggested already, but how good is he
with Apache/PHP? Postgres or mySql on the back end and hey
presto, catalog time.
(I had a URL cataloger at one point; I need to resurrect it.
It's not too difficult.)
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