Op dinsdag 24-06-2008 om 16:34 uur [tijdzone -0300], schreef Ariel Constenla-Haile:
> Hi all, > > quoting from a post in the ux mailing list: > Miroslav Mazel escribió: > > I think that Draw and Base should be removed from the basic OpenOffice > > package (but still be downloadable optionally), the reason being that Base > > has a very different user base and Draw, as it stands, has a very small user > > base, is very inferior to competing free software (like InkScape), most of > > its features are in other OpenOffice apps as well, and it has little promise > > of actually succeeding due to its toolbar-oriented nature (which is fitting > > for a word processor, but not for a vector editor, sorry). Sorry, but I just > > think that Draw is very unimportant, and that the other applications should > > get as much focus as possible. What I would suggest is scrapping Draw and > > including a link to InkScape on the OpenOffice.org website - or including a > > modified version of InkScape with OpenOffice. Base should go on, but as a > > separate project. What do you think? > > should we laugh or cry? > > Regards > Ariel > > Ariel, not all users are alike. Although many believe everybody is the same as they are. My self: We use Base for time registration and registering delivered product data. The data get's stored in a Postgresql database. Queries get made up in base and manual data processing happens using Calc's nifty PivotTable and Query import features. We rely on all this to get our billing correct, not an unimportant process in our small company. We use writer and draw for writing our technical drawings and reports. Actually I think stand out far from the M$ competition, and there is lots that can be done with it that beats Autocad. Actually I import Autocad drawings into Draw a lot, sometimes by printing to SVG and importing SVG into Draw. Occasionally I brush up the SVG using Inkscape prior to importing, but other then that I didn't find the advantage. And just I just now and then I prepare a presentation using Impress and then find I need to export it to powerpoint. And then need powerpoint to brush up the conversion errors. We would really shed more then one tear if any of these features would have to go, to say the least. I am sure the same is true for many other users. Ferry
