O'Grady, however, admitted: "I have not evaluated to the extent that I can call it 100 percent at functional parity with Access". Vaas quoted-who wasn't an member-was RedMonk analyst Stephen O'Grady. My first two sets of tests, which I've documented here and here, indicate that OOo 2.0 Base isn't even close to competitive with Access 2000+ as a desktop database development platform. I've been testing the RC2 and release version of OOo 2.0's Base feature with registered (i.e., attached or linked) SQL Server 2005/Express tables, plus Access 2003 (Jet) *.mdb and comma-separated-value (*.csv) files for the past 10 days or so. EWeek's Octo" OpenOffice Packs a Powerful New Database Punch " article by Lisa Vaas opens with the following lead: " 's latest update includes a database that matches Microsoft's popular and competing Access database, experts say." If you believe this sentence, I have a bridge to sell you.įull Disclosure: I make a significant part of my living by writing books about and consulting on Microsoft Access and other Microsoft databases, development platforms, and operating systems.
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