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

Am 04.06.2012 17:22, Heinrich Stoellinger wrote:
> 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

Do you know any LibreOffice specific issues? IMHO, the conceptual 
insufficiencies are not specific to LibreOffice. The whole thing went 
wrong with OOo 2.0 when the "Base document" appeared on the scene. Too 
many devevelopment hours had been wasted for dysfunctional eye candy and 
a container format with embedded HSQL that destroys all user data sooner 
or later. If time and energy had been invested in better drivers and 
document integration, database connectivity would be an amazing feature 
for admins who want to setup something really productive for the 
"normal" users.

> 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.

Things should work fairly well when you do not put the mail merge fields 
in a separate frame. I could fill 1200 addresses into a flat serial 
letter with page headers and footers. Of course, the extra frame should 
not matter at all.

We use LibreOffice in a small busines environment. I agree that the 
database component is a core component for administrated busines use. 
Most of our templates and documents are somehow connected to data 
sources. We do even use the Base component as a frontend for a 
stand-alone HSQLDB server which works very reliably and user friendly 
enough (no, it's not perfectly polished and a little bit clumsy to use 
but "the girls" love it anyway simply because it helps to get the daily 
work done).


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