From: zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) Subject: Re: Applications for Linux Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 00:06:56 GMT
In article <1993Apr18.215537.13054@dcs.warwick.ac.uk> robin@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Rob Rainton) writes:
>In article <23281@mindlink.bc.ca> Lloyd_Sumpter@mindlink.bc.ca (Lloyd Sumpter) writes:
>> I notice that there is very little mention of applications here (I tried
>>the X-Windows group - they don't talk about apps much eather, and when they
>>do, I'm never sure if the app would run under Linux) BTW, in considering
>>splitting this group, I'd like to reccommend an .apps sub-group.
>
>> - Spreadsheets
Well there are sc, ss, and oleo.
>> - Database manager (I can use text files and the rich array of text
>>utilities available such as awk, grep, and sort, but if there's a nice,
>>simple DBMS out there...)
There are the gdbm routines, mbase, and ingres.
Zeyd