On Sunday 20 May 2001 05:26 pm, you wrote:
> patrick wrote:
> > On Sunday 20 May 2001 01:58 pm, you wrote:
> > > patrick wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 20 May 2001 12:09 pm, you wrote:
> > > > > Sounds like ODBC to me.
> > > >
> > > > whats that
> > >
> > > Remember you asked!
>
> <snip>
>
> > ok, but if they are in effect not creating a new database but a
> > connection for all the databases that can combine with KDE. isnt that a
> > good thing. if all the data bases can be run through KDE isnt kde the
> > main desktop for linux home users. shouldnt this bring some power to the
> > desktop.
>
> It is a good thing.. so good that we already have it. KDE doesn't need
> any help with database access. KDE is a desktop environment. Please
> don't confuse it with a database application. KDE can run just about
> any application that runs under X. That means that just about any
> existing database application that runs under X can, as you say, "run
> through KDE". The screen shots on the site look quite similar to
> pg_access, a tcl/tk app that runs just fine with KDE, Gnome, and even
> Windows without modification.
>
> With the exception being applications that are specifically desktop
> environment oriented, I prefer not use use apps that depend on a
> specific desktop environment regardless of which one. I'm suspect of
> the motives of the creators of such applications because, with a few
> exceptions, it doesn't have to be that way. I insist on being able to
> choose the app I use AND the desktop environment I run it on.
>
> Now if TheKompany is creating an pg_access-like app that can access a
> wide variety of databases I say "Good!". If it's open source(and
> remains so), "Excellent!". If it's not tied to a specific desktop,
> "Fantastic!".
>
> What the site really appears to be is just such an application -- a sort
> of MS Access clone for KDE. Not a bad idea really, but don't be fooled
> into thinking that they're bringing database accessibility to KDE. That
> doesn't make sense.
what i am saying is that they are bringing database accessibility to
kde in the respect that all the other parts of kde will work together
with the database, spreadsheet, word processing. that all.
>
> Ed.
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