Have you been kidnapped by aliens often? Perhaps millions of users can't be completely wrong about MS products. Would that be a possibility?
The MS bashing that I usually hear comes from people with their own "religion" as you call it - in other words, they're too closed-minded to even try the software.
I agree that MS needs to be more open to open-source and fixes, as well as change. But, what about Aldus, or originally Corel, PeopleSoft, or any of the other tons of software companies?
Do you work for free? No. Why should they?
Now would be a great time for the open source market to move together and create installs that are friendly to everybody - not just IT people. Too many IT people forget that the purpose of the PC for the majority of the population is not "for it's own sake"; but for actually getting up and running and DOING work.
I've been playing with PCs for 25 years, and I know that they were very difficult and not widely accepted by the public before MS came along and standardized everything. If it weren't for MS, there would be a lot of unemployed people out there, far fewer IT companies, and no real internet. Of course, all of this is IMHO.
Postgresql has an ODBC driver specifically designed for MS Access front end interface.
Postgresql has stored procedures, triggers, etc. and is actively developed and supported. Your boss may love it for just those reasons. That, and it's much cheaper (free for a start) than MS SQL Server.
Until someone comes up with an MS Access, friendly interface for Linux environments (want to give me the money to quit my day job and part-time evening/weekend job so I can do it?), then we're stuck with what's there, AND with what the users can use who use the data. (Say that a hundred times.)
http://postgresql.readysetnet.com/
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Have you been kidnapped by aliens often? Perhaps millions of users can't be completely wrong about MS products. Would that be a possibility? The MS bashing that I usually hear comes from people with their own "religion" as you call it - in other words, they're too closed-minded to even try the software. I agree that MS needs to be more open to open-source and fixes, as well as change. But, what about Aldus, or originally Corel, PeopleSoft, or any of the other tons of software companies? Do you work for free? No. Why should they? Now would be a great time for the open source market to move together and create installs that are friendly to everybody - not just IT people. Too many IT people forget that the purpose of the PC for the majority of the population is not "for it's own sake"; but for actually getting up and running and DOING work. I've been playing with PCs for 25 years, and I know that they were very difficult and not widely accepted by the public before MS came along and standardized everything. If it weren't for MS, there would be a lot of unemployed people out there, far fewer IT companies, and no real internet. Of course, all of this is IMHO.
Postgresql has an ODBC driver specifically designed for MS Access front end interface. Postgresql has stored procedures, triggers, etc. and is actively developed and supported. Your boss may love it for just those reasons. That, and it's much cheaper (free for a start) than MS SQL Server. Until someone comes up with an MS Access, friendly interface for Linux environments (want to give me the money to quit my day job and part-time evening/weekend job so I can do it?), then we're stuck with what's there, AND with what the users can use who use the data. (Say that a hundred times.) http://postgresql.readysetnet.com/