[Year 12 IPM] Free database management software (DBMS)

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Exactly my thoughts too Mark.

I have found 'Base' to be stable, fast, familiar and intuitive.
Creating a mail merge was as easy as dragging a database field onto a
document. Importantly, I dont have to worry about the changes that
will be rolled out with the next itteration of MS Office and can start
preparing my notes for 2007 now! I plan to distribute the software for
students to use at home (a version even can run on USB keys) Currently
I am assembling a collection of handouts, shockwave tutorials with
Wink and sample outcomes.

Regards Roland

On 29/03/06, Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> I can't remember if someone already suggested this, but if you don't
> like / can't afford / have philosophical objections to Microsoft
> products and are not technically adept enough for SQL, you can try
> 'Base' in openoffice.org.
>
> I have yet to kick its tyres, but the rest of the openoffice.org stable
> is impressive, and for $0 the price is just about right.
>
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