Re: Introduction

Benj. Mako Hill wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 01:17:33PM -0400, Matthew Patton wrote:
> 
>>One idea we have is to develop all of these systems to use
>>a common database, since a considerable amount of the information
>>that each application uses will need to be shared.
> 
> Many people on this list, myself included, think that this sort of
> application is *the* killer app for desktop GNU/Linux in
> non-profits. The proprietary equivalent is, of course, ebase which,
> while newly free, has extremely non-free (in every sense of the word)
> dependencies on filemaker.

Okay, this is so right on track. I understand that ebase is currently 
looking for open source tools to port the next generation to. I suggest 
that we support this in any way possible. ebase developers, are you 
listening? We're here for you.

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