[X Newbies] Regarding Database software

[TheMacintoshLady]

KL tapped out this message on 7/29/2003 9:04 PM 

>i'm currently using appleworks,..but I was hoping for something with a
>smaller "footprint" that requires less resources but producing good  results
>nonetheless. Appleworks (especially the ones running on X) seem to eat up
>alot of resources plus doesn't really allow enough coordination between
>different worksheets when updating information....Latex was an incredibly
>elegant solution to the sluggishness of other commercial products, so I
>guess what I meant by unix-like was 'free and yet more powerful'...

I can't think of anything that has a smaller "footprint" than AppleWorks. 
See if Nisus  has any solutions?