:Linux Journal: The Lack of a Small Unified Database
Linux Journal: The Lack of a Small Unified Database Sep 29, 2004, 13 :00 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (6446 reads) (Other stories by Marco Fioretti)
"Many desktop users do not have the skills or, frankly, any real need to install and manage a multiuser database server. They still need, however, to use and exchange SQL databases. Unfortunately, many developers fail to see this situation as a problem and dismiss it, at least initially, with any combination of these responses:
"It now is so easy to install PostgreSQL, MySQL or any other RDBMS server, desktop users should install one of them.
"Program X also is available for Windows/Mac/whatever, so just install it..."
