[PLUG] MS Access Equivalent

[Paul Johnson]

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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 07:27:15AM -0700, Steve Jorgensen wrote:
> Well, MS bashing is fun, but Access has managed to pretty much wipe DBase, 
> Paradox, et al. right off the map for a reason.  It works pretty well. 

Yeah, in the whole single-user,
can't-share-your-data-with-others-at-the-same-time-you're-using-it
sort of way.  If all that's using it is exactly one person, then yeah,
Access does it's job.  Or if you're using Access as a client for a
real DB.

> If server daemons are such a great idea, why doesn't Gnumeric
> install a spreadsheet server?

Because spreadsheets tend to be used as ledgerbooks, not interactive
data collection from 2 or more users.

> Regarding the file corruption issue, most Access database corruption
> (in the back-end data files) arises from faulty NICs on an
> unswitched LAN and rarely occurs on a well-maintained LAN.

What makes you think that, when the problem has to do with two users
trying to write the same file with conflicting information?

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