Tom, JVM is the Java virtual machine. It executes compiled java bytecode.
Rob On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > What is JVM? > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > --- On Wed, 14/9/11, Robert Ryley <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Robert Ryley <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: Recruitment for Base (Was Re: > [steering-discuss] Base - a new mailing list?) > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, 14 September, 2011, 18:14 > > Hello all, > > I have a few thoughts on some of the problems mentioned: > > 1. Lack of compatibility re: MS Access > 2. Bugs, lack of docs and developer resources for base > 3. Desire to recruit developers > > In order to market the package productively, some input from the base > developers would be helpful. I personally want to know > > 1. How integrated into writer, calc, etc. is base? > > 2. What exactly do we want base to do? Personally, if it isn't at > least somewhat compatible with MS access, I don't know what the point > is. > > 3. To recruit developers, or at least make better use of current > volunteers, is there a willingness to explore/experiment with JVM > compatible languages that might speed up development time (after the > learning curve, of course)? The info gained from using base revisions > might help other areas of the project without being too disruptive to > other sections of the code. Also, working on something new and > "bleeding edge" would create some developer interest in communities > that wouldn't normally consider working on a "boring" office project. > > 4. What features need to be kept, what features need to be modified, > and which one should we consider dropping for the moment? > > 5. There are a lot of smaller DB backends that could be used. MySQL > and Postgress aren't the only ones. SQLite is worthy of consideration > if it makes technical sense to scrap what is currently used. > > I'm downloading the api docs, but there is a lot of info to go > through. Some input from devs would help greatly. > > Robert > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
