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

What I like about this idea is that it frees it up to be picked up by 
anyone who wants to take it and run with it, and THAT just might work.

I do fear for what it might do with people who need an integrated solution.

t.
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Tom Cloyd / tc@tomcloyd.com / (435) 272-3332

On 07/30/2011 06:41 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
>
> It might be time to cut Base loose.  Most versions of MS Office don't include
> Access.  Gnome Office doesn't have a database program.  Perhaps Office Suites
> just don't need an integrated program to do this sort of stuff.  Maybe Calc is
> enough.  There are a few alternatives on the market for people that really need
> a database.  To move forwards Base needs a serious commitment and a strong
> vision of where it wants to get to.  If we cut it loose then LibreOffice as a
> whole is freed from a lot of dependencies and stuff that the other apps don't
> need.  So, lets just drop Base.
>
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Andreas Säger<villeroy@t-online.de>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Fri, 29 July, 2011 9:41:30
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base record access unacceptably slow
>
> Am 29.07.2011 03:22, NoOp wrote:
>
> > > Hit F4 in Writer or Calc, right-click>Open the dBase "Bibliography".
> > > All the functionality of a flat (unrelational) dBase connection is
> > > there. You can connect, query, edit data through forms and dump any row
> > > set into office documents.
> > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/system-requirements/
> > <quote>
> > For certain features of the software - but not most - Java is required.
> > Java is notably required for Base.
> > </quote>
> As a matter of fact you can disable/remove Java, hit F4 ... connect,
> query, edit and dump.
> If I would convert our Java databases and remove Java from our systems
> nobody would notice the change.


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