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My first database was a dos version. I then moved to Microsoft Office and bought Access to add to it. After a few years I got tired of paying Microsoft prices and got Word Perfect Office Pro which included Paradox. It worked very well. Once Open Office came out, I figured that would ultimately be the end of Word Perfect, so I moved to it, but kept the Word Perfect Suite because I needed a database which was not initially included in OpenOffice. I was delighted when OpenOffice added base, and converted my database from Paradox to Base. My needs are relatively basic for a database. It is mainly for keeping records and also mail merge with LibreOffice writer. I've never had any issues with mail merge. In the back of my mind I really wanted to move to Linux and knew that time would happen sometime, so I tried to have as many programs cross compatible as possible. Almost 2 1/2 years ago I began my Linux journey. I chose Ubuntu because I figured it had the largest user base, and therefore if I had a problem somebody else also probably had the same problem. I don't have time to play with the different flavors of Linux to give them a try, so as long as Ubuntu does the job, I will stick with it. With Open Office having a full suite for Window and Linux, it made the move to Ubuntu almost painless for the OpenOffice programs including Base. I do not know if it is best for Base to stay with LibreOffice or not, but it was a tremendous help to me to have everything all together.

Don

On 07/30/2011 08:49 PM, Tom Cloyd wrote:
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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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 :)




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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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