I'll put in a vote on behalf of access. I work in a consulting industry and as part of my work I have to track thousands of companies, individuals, tenders, an

I'll put in a vote on behalf of access. I work in a consulting industry and as part of my work I have to track thousands of companies, individuals, tenders, and projects. It became obvious early on that a nice little DB would simplify the work. MS Access was there for me, already installed as part of the minimal software set they make available to us. Months later I offloaded the data to a Postgresql database (elephantsql.com) and continued using Access as a front end using the postgresql ODBC component. It's been perfect, and because all my data is offsite, it goes when I go. I have yet to find a better solution that Access as a front end to a postgresql database hosted elsewhere. To the person who suggested sqllite, I'd respond I'm reasonably technical but have no idea how to do that, so it's no solution to my problem. I used filemaker for a while on Apple. Linux has no GUI database front ends worth the while - Libreoffice Base is a weak substitute for Access. Kexi doesn't work as simply a front end. Excel isn't a database and we spend a lot of time laughing at people who use Excel when a DB is the proper tool. Any SAAS solution is out of the question; having a server dedicated to my/our use at work is out of the question. What's left is Access. Long may it live!