>> Sure. But you'd have to have MySQL installed, then you'd have to create
>> a folder to put the files in, then execute several dozen raw SQL
>> commands to manually build the database, create the log files, build the
>> tables, then you'd have to configure the access controls, and then you
>> can configure Base to talk to it.
> 
> Um, no, generally the app will list mysql as a requirement, but then will 
> script the building of the database.  Or if it's SQLite, then it's pre-
> created by the application.  Running Linux applications isn't as complex 
> as you seem to think it is.
> 
> And as for the database creation, I tend to use something like Webmin or 
> MySQLAdmin (a PHP interface) which simplifies things.  But I'm also 
> comfortable using the mysql command-line client as well.

I'm not talking about "I installed this application which uses MySQL". 
I'm talking about "I want to use OO Base with a MySQL backend to quickly 
throw together a simple database". MS Access serves this use case much 
better.

> I'm not arguing that.
> 
> Though actually oobase does have it's own database format that's as easy 
> to use as MS Access (I hadn't actually looked at it because I don't use 
> it that often).

Mmm, OK. I didn't know that.

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