Re: “KDE For Windows 10 Exiles” Campaign

On 6/6/25 7:42 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 19:13:23 -0700, T wrote:
 

On 6/6/25 5:47 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

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On Fri, 6 Jun 2025 04:15:20 -0700, T wrote:
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I still use Lotus Approach.

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Hopefully not for anything important.

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I wrote my companies accounting system in it.
Yes, it is important.

 I used to use FileMaker Pro on a Macintosh, for two main business-related
systems that I had developed myself: my time-and-billing system, and
cheque reconciliation.
 When I went to Linux, I wrote Python programs for doing both tasks: the
first on top of MySQL/MariaDB, the latter on top of SQLite.
 For an example of the difference, my cheque reconciliation database
involved running AppleScript code to match up the stub entries and the
statement entries. The Linux/Python version would finish the entire task
in the time it took for the Mac/AppleScript version to find the first
record.

It took me six months to write and has had constant maintenance
for the last 30 years.  If I lose the ability to run it, I might
as well retire and close my business.
So I do feel for others in the same situation.

I looked at Libre Office database.  It is so buggy,
it is horrible to the point of being unusable.

 LibreOffice Base has its own built-in DBMS, but it can also act as a
front-end to things like MySQL/MariaDB and SQLite, among others -- and
either one of those can run rings around Microsoft Access. Think of
LO:Base just as a GUI front-end tool to a *real* DBMS.

The bugs. The bugs. The bugs. The bugs. The bugs.
The bugs. The bugs.