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Re:Joy of using linux by motters on Friday June 10, 2011 @06:20AM (#2640334)
I think this is primarily about finding a hack which is a short-cut to doing something in the officially recommended way (with Windows and Access)
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Re:Joy of using linux by pistacchio on Friday June 10, 2011 @06:27AM (#2640342)
> And the resulting way is far simpler and didn't require paying for anything.

because, of course, time is free.

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Re:Joy of using linux by minhajuddin on Friday June 10, 2011 @06:47AM (#2640368)
Exporting the file to a csv format (using microsoft access) wouldn't have taken any less time than me finding the right tool on linux and doing it, that is if I had Microsoft Access.
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Re:Joy of using linux by chrisjsmith on Friday June 10, 2011 @06:26AM (#2640340)
And the resulting way is far simpler and didn't require paying for anything.
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