Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow

Heinz,

I completely agree. LO without a function Base won't fly. Either TDF 
recognizes this - by DOING something - or we have our answer.

Tom

On 07/28/2011 05:08 AM, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
> Hallo Andreas,
> In my view, BASE "falling apart" would mean LO's "death sentence" in 
> the long
> run! Anybody in even the simplest business environment will want to write
> documents based on data stored in business-critical databases (and I 
> think I
> am right in assumung that relational DBs have been the standard now 
> for decades!).
> Does anybody REALLY think that a package like LO can survive if it 
> ignores
> such an important sector of users? I sure don't!!!
> Gruesse aus Salzburg
> Heinz
>
>
> On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:18:49 +0200, Andreas Säger 
> <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:
>
> > Am 28.07.2011 08:15, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
> > > I am not giving up hope yet for LO 3.4.2 - especially since it targets
> > > business...
> > > Isn't there a OpenSource fork of MySQL called MariaDB?!?
> > > Regards
> > > H
> >
> > Dear Heinrich,
> >
> > Face it: There is not a single LO developer doing anything Base related.
> > The Base component will fall apart sooner or later. Writer's mail merge
> > and bibliography will be spreadsheets, form controls will be mere
> > gimmicks and nobody except you and me and some hundreds of professionals
> > will notice the severe loss.
> >
> > Grüße aus NRW,
> > Andreas


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