Re: [libreoffice-users] New user to BASE

This is one of those things that drives me crazy about BASE.
The underpinning program logic is available, but the ease of interface 
of Approach is missing.

Approach lends itself to quick organizing of information while BASE 
forces you to organize yourself.

On 8/7/2011 6:38 AM, Roland Hughes wrote:
> Quite honestly, if you are simply a home user or a one person business,
> find yourself a copy of SmartSuite 98 or later and install it under Wine
> on Linux or under XP.  Lotus Approach is one of the simplest to use and
> most robust personal database systems out there.  Spreadsheet views,
> beautifully formatted reports using multiple fonts.  Without any
> training you can set up a complete expense tracking system in under 45
> minutes.
>
> On Sun, 2011-08-07 at 12:56 +1000, Simon Cropper (The foss Workflow
> Guides) wrote:
>
> > On 07/08/11 11:55, Wayne wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > A couple of three days ago someone, on this list, mention not to use
> > > BASE, as there wasn't much development going on. Their suggestion
> > > was to look for a different front end to use. Can someone make a suggestion
> > > as to what would be a good alternative to use?
> > > No wars please. Just good advice. Thanks
> > > Wayne
> > Wayne,
> >
> > Can you please provide some details of your requirements?
> >
> > e.g. Linux - MacOX - Windows - Cross Platform
> >
> > e.g. OO/LO integration or not?
> >
> > e.g. single user - multiple user
> >
> > Alternatively look at websites, such as these, as a start, then download
> > and try a few packages that meet you minimum requirements...
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_relational_database_management_systems
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open_source_database_management_systems
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rapid_application_development_tools
> >
> > Other search criteria: glom, sqlite, datakiosk.
> >
> > The other issue is that this list is for LO, this question is best posed
> > on another forum. Which forum, is dependent on you operating system.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers Simon
> >
> >      Simon Cropper
> >      Website Administrator
> >      http://www.fossworkflowguides.com
> >      The fossWorkflow Guides
> >      (c) Simon Cropper CC-BY-SA 3.0 Australia
> >      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/deed.en

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