Hi :) +1 I think Base nearly does do the best way around. The only problem is that the easiest thing, the embedded database, is currently dangerously broken. The devs appear to be addressing that although, obviously, they can't fix the whole thing all at one go. The first step seems reasonably well chosen to get the main bulk away from java.
I'm sure Java didn't used to be so awful. It seems to have nose-dived since Oracle took over but maybe that is preparation for monetising it and that is a reasonable thing for a profit-making company to want to do. It's like the story of the scorpion and the fox crossing a river. The scorpion stings the fox and as they both sink the fox asks why. The scorpion replies that it's his nature to sting and he can't help it. So can we really blame a profit-making company from attempting to subvert a free product it owns in order to later be able to sell an "enterprise" or "professional" version? It's a shame openJava can't escape and gather a huge community as LibreOffice did back when OpenOffice was owned by Oracle. Base currently allows users to start of by using an internal back-end and then move it to an external tool when they are ready. [shrugs] Seems a good plan to me. Regards from Tom :) On 5 August 2014 13:33, Jon Harringdon <[email protected]> wrote: > Wolfgang Keller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So I come back to my suggestion earlier today - LO Base needs to give > > > the user the opportunity to specify what they want - RAM or file > > > based, single file or multiple files. > > > > That would only confuse most end users. > > Hear, hear. > > > The point is that the developers should make the most reasonable > > choice > > This mindset will not help LO broaden its user base. Users (even if most > are apparently deemed stupid by some) should be in the driving seat and > not some anonymous "developers". > > Pip Coburn writes this about the tech industry: "I believe that users > are always in charge and that supply is a necessary but not sufficient > condition for commercial success. Companies and products geared toward > this holistic user orientation will succeed at far greater rates than > those stuck in a supplier-oriented mind-set." As far as I'm concerned > that hits the nail squarely on the head. > > And as to confusing users with complex choices... a well-designed system > can be simple for simple needs and complex for complex needs. > > One-size-fits-all rarely fits anyone. > > IMHO etc. > > Jon > > -- > To unsubscribe 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/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
