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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You might want to check out Firebird as a
database. It </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>has some excellent features including outer
joins, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>stored </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>procedures, user defined functions, super server </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>architecture.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://firebirdsql.org">http://</FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>firebirdsql.org</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=srengasamy@firstam.com href="mailto:srengasamy@firstam.com">Rengasamy,
Samy</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=discuss@ntlug.org
href="mailto:'discuss@ntlug.org'">'discuss@ntlug.org'</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 19, 2002 9:30 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [NTLUG:Discuss] Alternative to MS Excel and
MS-Access</DIV></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>A friend of mine wants an alternative to his windoze
centric</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>systems. His office mostly uses MS-Excel and
MS-Access.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>I was going to suggest Open Office and Postgresql, on
Linux.</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>What are your suggestions?</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Thanks,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2>Samy Rengasamy.</FONT> </P></BODY></HTML>