Hi Marc, > You're right, creating database applications is not for the ordinary > user, it wasn't before and still isn't after MSA appeared. Microsoft > tries to compensate this issue by throwing in masses of "wizards" and > samples to lower the barrier. This is worth a thought!
Yes. > I think base should do better in general, take the best of *all* worlds > not only one, please. Copying only the look and feel of MSA leads to > making the same mistakes. > > In my opinion a database app should be easy to use and understand, > however this goal is reached. Running after Microsoft is a race that > never can be won. I have to see Base in the broader context of OOo here. Personally (and really: *personally*!) I am no big fan of this "Copy MS" paradigm, but the decision about the overall orientation of a concrete OOo version is not made by me for Base only, but by others for OOo as a whole. (No, I don't really want to start a discussion here about who decides this, and the role some companies do or don't play here.) For OOo 2.0, the decision was that MSO interoperability is *the* major goal, and this is what Base adhered to. No single applicatiobn (neither Base, nor Writer, nor Calc, nor Impress, no Draw) can decide to not follow this overall direction. Still this doesn't mean that we "just copy", I also agree that combining the best things from different worlds should be the way to go (and sometimes we do), but given the limited resources and the main priorities, this is not always easy. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Database http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
