Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base questions

On 2014-08-05 06:02:12, Wolfgang Keller wrote:
> > As I recall, at the time of the release of OpenOffice2, it had to 
> be
> > like Access 
>
> Braindead.
>
> > - but of course, as Sun was mainly running the show, that
> > meant that it had to be multi-OS, thus Java based
>
> Bullshit. There are plenty of cross-platform RDBMSes that are not
> implemented in this grotesque proprietary abomination that Java is.
>
> > and a fairly "simple", "drop-in" piece of code with an appropriate
> > licence. One would do well to remember that at the time, the
> internal
> > Sun Base development team only comprised about 3 members of staff
> > working full-time on the project, thus resources were painfully
> > limited.
>
> Just yet another argument in favor of just providing a driver for a
> client-server RDBMS.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Wolfgang
>
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