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theKompany.com GPL’s Rekall RAD DBMS Tool for Linux and Windows.
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA – 17 November 2003 -- theKompany.com just recently released version 2.1 of Rekall, a personal, programmable DBMS system for Linux and Windows. Rekall is the only viable alternative to MS Access for
Linux. With Rekall you will be able to quickly and easily build database applications using Rekall forms and reports. A full complement of widgets means that applications built in Rekall will be able to have the look and
feel of any other application. Rekall applications can be extended in their functionality to perform virtually any task via embedded Python as a scripting language.
Ever since the release of dBase many years ago, the idea of a programmable DBMS has become increasingly popular. Major systems have been written in applications like Paradox and MS Access. By focusing on the database, users
are able to leverage their business knowledge into working applications. One of the limitations of the aforementioned products is that their native database didn't scale well or support multiple users very well. Rekall avoids this problem by dispensing with a native database.
When we first developed Rekall we had a mind to GPL it and make it part of Koffice, but a variety of issues set us down a different track, however we’ve always looked for a way that made sense to open source Rekall so that it could be used in suites like OpenOffice and Koffice. We’ve now come to a point where we think we can GPL Rekall and make it work for everyone, and so starting today with the 2.2 beta code, Rekall is now dual licensed under the GPL, theKompany and the developers retain commercial rights to continue to use the code and provide for non-GPL versions to customers and companies that want it.
It is felt that this is the best way to grow the Rekall user base while at the same time adding new features and functionality to the codebase. Some of the options being currently under development or being considered include:
* The ability to store and work with formatted documents, such as from KOffice and OpenOffice, and in general any documents for which suitable plugins exist. It is conceivable to use the database wizard and database access engine from Rekall to create applications that will allow a spreadsheet to browse a database, or do mail merge in word processing documents for example.
* Improvement to enhance the development and maintenance of large database applications, including reusability and object oriented extensions.
* Alternative scripting languages, for instance Javascript (ECMAscript), to make scripting available to a wider audience.
* More database plug ins such as SQLite, CSQL, etc.
Rekall will be supported via a community portal www.rekallrevealed.org. The codebase will be available as source tarballs, and CVS access will also be available for those who wish to stay on the (b)leeding edge. Feedback, bug fixes and contributions are actively sought. This is meant to be totally community driven and oriented.
Pre-packeged versions, commercial licenses, run times and commercial database plug ins can still be purchased from
www.thekompany.com/products/rekall. Rekall currently runs on Linux and Windows, a Mac build is almost
ready. Rekall supports the following databases by default:
* xBase
* MySQL
* PostgreSQL
Commercial plug ins are:
* DB2
* ODBC
* Oracle (*****under development*****)
In addition, Rekall comes with a thorough demonstration database that illustrates the various features of the applications. This is build on top of xBase so the the user need not have an RDBMS server such as MySQL or PostgreSQL installed.
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