[K12OSN] Open Source School/Student Information db or app

[Rita Gibson]

Chris Hobbs wrote:

> Gee John, if I asked for information on getting a car would you send 
> me to www.ussteel.com? :)
>
> Spencer, John wrote:
>
>> www.mysql.com
>>
>> Rita Gibson Sent:
>>
>>>
>>> Hello everyone:
>>>
>>> I think I have seen folks on this list discussing software that a
>>> school would use to keep track of information on students, etc. I
>>> don't really know what to search on (don't know what it is called) to
>>> find previous discussions -- have I seen that this does not exist
>>> currently but folks are wanting and needing it? Our school is looking
>>> for a database system for schools and asked me to see if there is an
>>> Open Source option.
>>
>
I am thinking myself that MySQL was pretty much a do-it-yourself 
project. Wish I knew enough about databases and programming to be able 
to whip something up!

Rita