Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Recruitment for Base (Was Re: [steering-discuss] Base - a new mailing list?)

Tom,

JVM is the Java virtual machine.  It executes compiled java bytecode.

Rob

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi :)
> What is JVM?
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> --- On Wed, 14/9/11, Robert Ryley <rryley1976@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Robert Ryley <rryley1976@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Recruitment for Base (Was Re: [steering-discuss] Base - 
> a new mailing list?)
> To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Wednesday, 14 September, 2011, 18:14
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a few thoughts on some of the problems mentioned:
>
> 1. Lack of compatibility re: MS Access
> 2. Bugs, lack of docs and developer resources for base
> 3. Desire to recruit developers
>
> In order to market the package productively, some input from the base
> developers would be helpful.  I personally want to know
>
> 1.  How integrated into writer, calc, etc. is base?
>
> 2.  What exactly do we want base to do?  Personally, if it isn't at
> least somewhat compatible with MS access, I don't know what the point
> is.
>
> 3. To recruit developers, or at least make better use of current
> volunteers, is there a willingness to explore/experiment with JVM
> compatible languages that might speed up development time (after the
> learning curve, of course)?  The info gained from using base revisions
> might help other areas of the project without being too disruptive to
> other sections of the code.  Also, working on something new and
> "bleeding edge" would create some developer interest in communities
> that wouldn't normally consider working on a "boring" office project.
>
> 4.  What features need  to be kept, what features need to be modified,
> and which one should we consider dropping for the moment?
>
> 5. There are a lot of smaller DB backends that could be used.  MySQL
> and Postgress aren't the only ones.  SQLite is worthy of consideration
> if it makes technical sense to scrap what is currently used.
>
> I'm downloading the api docs, but there is a lot of info to go
> through.  Some input from devs would help greatly.
>
> Robert
>
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