On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Dan White wrote:
> gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db) is "a framework for creating
> database applications. It provides a common API with pluggable back ends
> to different database sources as well as various specialized widgets for
> handling many database tasks." It
At the time there wasn't strong odbc support for Linux. This was around the
summer of 1998, back when GNOME was mystic to build, and there were no Debian
packages (Jim Pick was the maintainer at the time, not to insult him :) ). I
believe the plan was to use ODBC at some level, but I do not know
> gnome-db is a a shot at something like the ODBC api's available under windows.
> I proposed the idea on gnome-list many moons ago, and it was picked up by
> Michael Lausch, who I believe is the main developer.
But why don't they use ODBC on Linux?
gnome-db is a a shot at something like the ODBC api's available under windows.
I proposed the idea on gnome-list many moons ago, and it was picked up by
Michael Lausch, who I believe is the main developer.
gconf is a shot at something like .ini files, or the windows registry.
On Fri, Mar 31, 2000
Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Dan White wrote:
> > gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db) is "a framework for creating
> > database applications. It provides a common API with pluggable back
ends
> > to different database sources as well as various specialized
widgets for
> > handling ma
gnome-db is more intended to be a replacement for MS Access than for the
windows registry. gconf is one of the may attempts to create a centralized
configuration system for linux.
Wichert Akkerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Previously Dan White wrote:
> > gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db)
Previously Dan White wrote:
> gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db) is "a framework for creating
> database applications. It provides a common API with pluggable back ends
> to different database sources as well as various specialized widgets for
> handling many database tasks." It's also par
gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db) is "a framework for creating
database applications. It provides a common API with pluggable back ends
to different database sources as well as various specialized widgets for
handling many database tasks." It's also part of gnome office
(http://www.gnome
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