Link: Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Access
From opensource.com, 4 opensource alternatives to Microsoft Access. Some may be easier to use as well.
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This is an interesting article. I wonder if he’s right. I dislike Microsoft quite a lot, and generally I see this as one more reason. It would be nice, of course, if they became an ally on the patent issue as Shuttleworth suggests. In software patents have definitely become the enemy of innovation.
Useful Posts on GIMP
I use GIMP for almost all my graphics work. It’s actually often too complicated for me, as I’m not very artistic. Nonetheless when one of the artistic people wants me to do something, I go to GIMP. I’m not going to pay for Photoshop when most of what it does is quite beyond my skills….
IBM + Sun
Good for open source? Matt Asay thinks so. (Via @jasonhiner on Twitter)
Create favicon.ico with GIMP
This link is very helpful.
List: Designed for Linux
This Amazon list will be regularly update with things I find that are particularly designed for use with Linux: Designed for Linux.
Netbeans 6.8 Available
It’s one of my favorites for web site work as well as use as a programmer’s platform, and it’s available for download.