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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: xxd -i vs DIY Was: C23 thoughts and opinions
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On Thu, 30 May 2024 16:09:00 +0200, David Brown wrote:

> For new systems that don't have the
> legacy requirements, customers will wonder why they should buy one of
> these when something like PostgreSQL is free, has most of the features
> (including its own unique ones), and will happily scale to the huge
> majority of database needs.

Open-Source software offers its own unique capabilities. For example, 
Microsoft Office offers (at extra cost) that Access database, which has 
limitations that make SQLite seem powerful. (OK, so SQLite *is* pretty 
powerful.)

LibreOffice Base has an equivalent DBMS backend. But it can also interface 
to databases in SQLite, MySQL/MariaDB and no doubt others I haven’t tried. 
Though you do have to pay the $0 extra monthly fee for the “Pro” version.