Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Is 3.5.4 ready for business users?

Hello Pertti,
As a long-time (now retired) IBM-Systems Engineer serving large customers
I can only agree with you completely.
I myself keep using the latest LO-versions - having used OO/LO for at least
6 to 7 years.
However, there are a couple of - to my mind VERY important - insufficiencies
which would prevent me from using LO in a "real" business environment, and
they mostly have to do with Base and its integration with the Writer. I have
worked in the database area during a lot of my professional life. Most
businesses store their mission-critical data in (mostly) relational DBs
(and NOT in spreadsheets or isolated files galore all over the place!).
Therefore, a solid connection/integration of DBs is paramount for business
usage of LO.
Now, when I try to create letters for - say 100 people in my MySQL-DB -
I have to do this one by one, since things like lines, pictures, and
sometimes whole frames (e.g. used for footings or addresses) are "forgotten"
otherwise.
I only look after a brass band, but - just imagine an insurance company with
millions of customers - definitely NO GO!
Of course I should get involved myself in helping to fix these shortcomings.
Alas, I honestly cannot spare the time!
Nevertheless, I will continue to use LO, I like it, the performance has
improved tremendously, and I am sure things are bound to converge!!!
Regards from Salzburg
Heinrich



On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:25:54 +0200, Pertti Rönnberg <ptjr@elisanet.fi> wrote:

> Dear you LibO folks,
> I have now wasted a lot of time reading some 30 mails in this thread -
> it was of no use because most of them did not
> handle neither give an answer to the original very relevant question:
>      "Is 3.5.4 ready for business users?"
>
> So, what is the conclusion - if there is any?
> Is 3.5.4. ready for business use, or not -- if not, what version is then
> in every way at least as or more reliable as e.g. MSOffice& MSAccess?
>  >    the MSO's license fees are peanuts compared with lost efficiency
> (and costs) if a company's office personnel must struggle with LibO's
> bugs and issues many hours many days per week per month -- and the
> company has to employ or buy some extra it-resources for that  (and
> fixing new problems coming with new versions every 'second day')
>  >     no company can afford bad quality or inflexibility in
> communication with customers caused by a not-working office program (LibO?)
>  >    MSO is no doubt the 90% market leader and is most certainly used
> by any company's most important customers/contacts -- and the rest 10%
> will follow the majority every time they have to
>
> Three weeks ago in another thread I put an similar question asking what
> is the best LibO version today for a private/home user -- a home user
> does not have it-experts or own skills in programming to rely on but has
> the same need of a troublefree program.
> Thanks to Tom and Andreas for their kindness to answer; but neither of
> them gave me an exact recommendation: "that version is what you need"!
>
> Perhaps that 'business ready version' of LibO could be the one for me too.
> If there is no such a reliable version (not for business nor for home)
> then stop developing for a while and make one:  better to have a
> perfectly well working program with less features than one with plenty
> of fantastic features that does not work and that produces problems
> already when being installed!
> Please, start with fixing Base!
> Regards
> Pertti Rönnberg
>
>
> On 4.6.2012 3:49, Andreas Säger wrote:
> > Am 04.06.2012 00:59, Tom Davies wrote:
> > > Andreas' and e-letter's answer is to tell people that to use LO they
> > > must stop communicating with anyone that uses MS Office, so that is
> > > all their customers and clients, their colleagues, their boss and
> > > people that work for them, their family and friends.
> >
> >
> > Are you going to start a flame war against me? Be careful, pal. Your
> > assertion is without any substance.


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