[dot] Announcing Kexi 0.1 Beta 5

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1099352371/

From: Kexi Team <>
Dept: ask-what-you-can-do-for-kexi
Date: Tuesday 02/Nov/2004, @00:39

Announcing Kexi 0.1 Beta 5
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   We have released Kexi 0.1 beta 5
[http://www.kexi-project.org/announce-0.1-beta5.html] (change log)
[http://www.kexi-project.org/changelog-0.1-beta5.html], the integrated
environment for managing data.  Kexi [http://www.kexi-project.org/] aims
to become an open-source replacement for MS Access yet ubiquitously
available on Linux/Unix, Windows, and soon, even MacOSX.  Kexi has the
potential to become a key application in the adoption of KDE, KOffice,
Linux and free software in general, for individuals as well as companies
and independent software vendors.

     Unfortunately achieving this goal will not be possible without the
help of new developers. There is only one full-time developer working on
Kexi, and four other voluntary developers. No matter how talented and
motivated we are, we cannot create such a big and ambitious application
alone.  We would therefore like to make a call to the community, to help
turning Kexi into that long awaited MS Access replacement.

     Kexi has the potential to become the great database software we
have all been awaiting for so long. The core module and the framework
are very flexibly designed, modern and efficient. The first stable (in
terms of functionality) version will be released in a few months.  With
the help of new developers, Kexi could gain new features such as
scripting or reporting far quicker.

     No database-related knowledge is required for new developers, just
some experience on Qt and KDE programming. We are also looking for
package maintainers, translators, testers, end-user and development
documentation writers, etc. Anybody willing to help is invited.

     Please contact [http://www.kexi-project.org/contact.html]
Jaros&#322;aw Staniek, if you want to offer your help. You can also join
us on #kexi channel at irc.freenode.net for more information.  Visit our
website [http://www.kexi-project.org/] for details about Kexi including
screenshots, API documentation, etc.

     The Kexi Team