title: Porting from MS Access
body: <p>I've recently been given a MS Access .mdb database file and asked to make it usable in a Linux system.  What I'm looking for is a way to convert the Access database to an open-source database such as MySQL or PostGres.  </p>
  
  <p>I don't have MS Office, and it's a one-time project for a volunteer organization so I don't want to spend money if it's avoidable.  I'm running Vista x64, and have a Linux virtualbox, so something usable in either one will be good.</p>