VentureBeat: Blist claims to be easiest database ever
Norman Clarke
· 1 year ago
It's extremely similar to Filemaker, only for Web. I have to admit it's pretty slick, though... it's too bad Google's office programs aren't as nicely made as this.
Noah
· 1 year ago
Yeah... no.
I'm all for simple databases but not as web applications.
I've worked with a lot of clients over the years using excel for what should be a database, I've tried lots of times to move them to other solutions but it comes down to a few things
1. They already know Excel 2. Old doesn't can't learn new tricks 3. They need it off-line 4. They already paid for Office and even if X is free, X de-values Office which is their security blanket. 5. If they can get over that stuff they've probably already moved to Access.
BTW personally I'm a UNIX man and bit PostgreSQL advocate, but most of my clients don't agree with my opinions about it.
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I'm all for simple databases but not as web applications.
I've worked with a lot of clients over the years using excel for what should be a database, I've tried lots of times to move them to other solutions but it comes down to a few things
1. They already know Excel
2. Old doesn't can't learn new tricks
3. They need it off-line
4. They already paid for Office and even if X is free, X de-values Office which is their security blanket.
5. If they can get over that stuff they've probably already moved to Access.
BTW personally I'm a UNIX man and bit PostgreSQL advocate, but most of my clients don't agree with my opinions about it.