This document discusses several open source software options for working with databases and building websites, including OpenOffice for working with Access files, SQLite as a small and portable SQL engine, Linux and Ubuntu as free operating systems, and LAMP as the open source stack of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP that forms the basis for many websites. It also briefly mentions Postgresql as an alternative to MySQL.

1. Open Source James Wilkerson, The Des Moines Register Matt Wynn, The Arizona Republic Open Office mySQL, mySQL Front Ends sqlite Linux/Ubuntu/LAMP postgresql

2. Open Office /Access Easy trick to extract data from Access files on Windows version of Open Office. \

6. SQLite Small, powerful, portable sql engine http://www.sqlite.org/ Linux & Ubuntu Completely free. Tons of free applications. Easy to install and use. LAMP – Linux, Apache, mySQL, PHP All free/open source. Holy trinity of web development. Linux – Seems scary, but isn't. Free operating system. Very powerful, made by & for developers. Most Open Source software built for it. Windows versions are pale comparison. Ubuntu & other front-ends. Apache for web serving. PHP for site building. Postgresql/mapnik Postgresql is a powerful alternative to mysql.