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Rekall Now Available Under GPL

Posted by simoniker on from the free-ks-all-round dept.

Karma Sucks writes "Rekall is one of those killer apps alongside Scribus, Evolution, OpenOffice and Mozilla that could make all the difference for Linux desktop productivity. For those of you not in the know, Rekall is a RAD DBMS similar to MS Access or Paradox and has now been GPL'ed by theKompany. Community development and organization is to take place on rekallrevealed.org."

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  1. Finally, a desktop DBMS for Linux. by ninejaguar · · Score: 5, Informative
    This completes the open source office suites. This may also encourage and spread the use of Python. I hope they also include a connector to FireBird.

    = 9J =

  2. Mirror of Screenshots by xcomputer_man · · Score: 5, Informative

    See here.

    Cool, it has a proper report designer and scripting. Not your average lame db frontend :)

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  3. Good News by sirmikester · · Score: 4, Informative

    I know its been said before but, this is a step in the right direction for the open source desktop movement. In order for mainstream businesses to adopt linux, there NEEDS to be a M$ Access alternative available. Right now there isn't anything that even comes close, and that is a major reason why many people don't even try out linux on the desktop.

    I hope that eventually, Rekall will come bundled with mysql and that it will resemble an access type application. I think that if this happens it could be a very strong alternative to Access.

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  4. Re:Ho hum by xcomputer_man · · Score: 4, Informative

    RTFA before you start ranting off on a tangent.

    We've plenty of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, mSQL, HyperSQL to name just four), and plenty of flatfile databases (gdbm, ndbm, Berkeley DB, Sleepycat DB to name another four). We've even got GIS databases (eg: GRASS and PostGRASS) and any number of other specialized database products (LDAP, SNMP, etc). We don't need any more! Please!

    Rekall is not a database! It is an Access-like front end to other databases, and currently supports MySQL and PostgreSQL.

    If we need database products, we need object oriented databases, heirarchical databases, things that are in relatively short supply, where what is out there is limited in usefulness, so ancient it won't compile, or too hideous to contemplate.

    There is at least one open source OO database out there, and there was even a slashdot story about it. IIRC it has been forgotten since.

    Instead of re-inventing the wheel, wouldn't it be a smarter use of time to invent the car? More effort into RAD tools for existing database products, and/or enhancements into those that were already there, would be far more productive use of time.

    Which is exactly what Rekall is: a RAD tool for existing database products.

    Now quit your whining and go find something productive to do.

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