Once upon a time, MySQL wrote developer docs and manuals telling
people how they didn't want or need triggers.
Or foreign keys. Or views. Or data integrity. That made MySQL the
"easy" database to work with, so therefore postgres had to be "hard".
Times have changed, MySQL has spent a lot of time bu
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 06:58:06PM -0500, Rick wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
>
> >
> > For the database, you can use sqlite or mysql (or for the brave,
> > postgresql, it's not really that hard after all).
> >
>
> Postgres rocks, why do you say that?
I like it
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Brenda J. Butler wrote:
>
> For the database, you can use sqlite or mysql (or for the brave,
> postgresql, it's not really that hard after all).
>
Postgres rocks, why do you say that?
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Rick
Bullwinkle:You just leave that to my pal. He's the brains
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:48:49PM -0400, Prof. John C Nash wrote:
> One thing I don't know about is whether there is any open software
> that can mimic MS Access. It may be that a few of us could do a
MS Access is two things: it is a database, and an extendable
gui/reportwriter.
For the databa
On 09-08-24 09:32 AM, Bruce Harding wrote:
> On August 22, 2009 10:27:20 am Robert Radziwilowicz wrote:
>
>> BTW. I our dep (Elec. Eng / SITE) some MS spoft is provided for free to
>> grads.
>>
> It is the same strategy used by drug dealers trying to get new clients. Free
> has the effect of limit
On August 22, 2009 10:27:20 am Robert Radziwilowicz wrote:
> BTW. I our dep (Elec. Eng / SITE) some MS spoft is provided for free to
> grads.
>
It is the same strategy used by drug dealers trying to get new clients. Free
has the effect of limitings questions. I.e. why look a gift horse in the
Brett Delmage wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Robert Radziwilowicz wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> uOttawa does not have any interest in promoting free/open src. software
>> while they have deal signed with Microsoft and IBM/Dell.
>
> This was my gut feeling too, and of course it applies to many more
> businesses
On Sat, 22 Aug 2009, Robert Radziwilowicz wrote:
Hi,
uOttawa does not have any interest in promoting free/open src. software
while they have deal signed with Microsoft and IBM/Dell.
This was my gut feeling too, and of course it applies to many more
businesses than uOttawa that have been bough
> This came from one of the IT staff at uOttawa. I've put in my 2 cents
> that demanding file formats is one thing, but asking students to pay
> more than $200 for software when there are Free/Libre alternatives falls
> in the "not nice" column.
>
> >You may find the document âHow_to_buy_a_Lapto
Prof. John C Nash wrote:
One thing I don't know about is whether there is any open software that
can mimic MS Access. It may be that a few of us could do a "workalike"
to this document that lists the alternatives to M$ and the "price" i.e.,
download location in each case.
"MS Access", I haven
This came from one of the IT staff at uOttawa. I've put in my 2 cents
that demanding file formats is one thing, but asking students to pay
more than $200 for software when there are Free/Libre alternatives falls
in the "not nice" column.
>You may find the document “How_to_buy_a_Laptop_Best_Pra
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