[Ham-Computers] RE: windows stuff

[Dale Miller]

Ken Sprouse / WA3FKG wrote:

>When I switched to Linux one of the reasons that I chose SuSe was the office 
>suite included an "Access like" database.  It will read and write .DBF files 
>so it is compatable with dBase.  If you want to get really deep into database 
>stuff you can install MySQL or Postgress and use ReKall at the front end.
>
>I have hundreds perhaps thousands of hours invested in dBase and Clipper code 
>but had to move on when my employer moved to Windows and OS/2.  I still 
>maintain a large database in DB2/2 on an old server running OS/2 Warp Server.  
>There are still lots of business out there that run every day quite well on 
>dBase tracking inventory and even doing point of sale transactions.  Most are 
>small mom and pop operations where the owner, or one of his kids, is the IT 
>department.
>
>If you need to move away from the DOS platform and dBase I would seriously 
>consider Linux and MySQL.  If you write all of your own code for the front 
>end there can be somewhat of a learning curve but I think you will find it 
>worth while in the long run.  Good luck.
>
>  
>

Agreed.
I got the admin at my old job to start looking at Linux. He has found 
the right distro for the desktop.
Last I talk to him he was working on switching his servers.
The database he has run since the conception of the factory computer 
system is Clipper.
He is researching the best alternative to switch the database as well as 
the Outlook server.
I got him hooked on a couple of Debian distros one of which was Ubuntu.
He said one way or another he was going to have the factory running linux.

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Dale Miller, KC2CBD
Tennessee
Ham Operator since 1997
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