From: Harlan Pankau <hpankaux@...>
Date: 2003-01-05T03:16:14+09:00
Subject: MS Acess-> Ruby? (newbie)

I have created several desktop database applications with MS Access. I 
want to freely distribute them to my friends but don't want them to have 
to purchase Access. My questions are:

1) How difficult is it to create small database intensive applications 
with Ruby? (Much SQL for combos and listboxes).

2) My applications use extensive reporting. Is this hard with Ruby?

3) Is the code portable to other OS like Mac?

4) What would my users need to run my programs?

5) Is Ruby the best choice for this type of application? Speed of 
execution is not as important as flexibility and usability.

Thanks.

Harlan Pankau