Re: Excel or other databases
- To: Iris-l <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Excel or other databases
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 22:00:34 -0700
- References: <3262E407.5C5E@Anastasia.com>
Anastasia Czerniakiewicz wrote:
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Anastasia,
I would agree with the utility of spreadsheets. I've been using them since I worked
at Apple and was showing people how to use Visicalc.
> I am not familiar with Helix Express. I started with Access because its
> model of working is closest to the other MicroSoft tools I was familiar
> with.
Helix is a pretty easy to use relational Database. Very Mac type, visual, drag and
drop construction for relations and reports. Never used Access. By the time it came
out I was using Helix, and Access was so bad in its initial release people
essentially paid $99 to be testers for a pre-release.
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On 14 Oct in -
1066 - Battle of Hastings, in which William the Conqueror wins England
1774 -1st declaration of colonial rights in America.
1926 - Boys and girls, gather 'round as we tell you that the classic A.A. Milne book,
Winnie-the-Pooh made its debut on this day in 1926.
1947 - 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015 at 42,000 feet).
Born on this day in:
1644 - William Penn colonist: founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a haven for
Quakers
And at the top of the charts on this day in:
1961 - Runaround Sue - Dion
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John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
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