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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Oct 13 15:19:37 +0000 2007 ------- I think most computing professionals realize that you can use Base with lots of other DBMS systems for multi-user applications. That, however, is not the point. The point is that most Windows based office workers do not have the technical capabilities or time to install mysql or firebird on their windows workstation or departmental server, and they don't have the time or technical capabilities to set up a dedicated *nix box to do this either. These people don't have the time to manage these things, and most don't even know what sql is or for what to use it. These workers, which are the biggest potential markets for OpenOffice need a simple out-of-the-box multi-user database. MS Access offers this capability, Corel Wordperfect offfice offers this capability, Lotus Approach offered this capability, Ability office offers this capability, and even the older versions of StarOffice offered this capability (it may still offer this, I'm not sure). The fact of the matter is that many many small and medium businesses rely on these types of shared user created databases to get work done, even though, ideally, these things would be created by dedicated sysadmins on a dedicated server with a dedicated dbms. Most small and medium businesses don't have this kind of knowledgeable database/system administrator available. So, they rely on the office user that's "good with computers" to do these types of things. I'd estimate that, 90% of the time, this person doesn't have a clue about how to set up a dedicated database service on either his/her computer or on a server. So, my point is that the ability to share OpenOffice's integrated database type and make it multi-user is essential for making OpenOffice a viable replacement to MS Office and others in the majority of small to medium businesses. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
