Bruce, Sorry I did not respond to quickly. We had extremely severe storms last night and I not only shut down, but disconnected everything: 7 inches of rain in 50 minutes! Roadways torn apart, home basement foundations destroyed, 40' wide and 25' deep sinkholes, int'l airport closed and massive flooding.
I already downloaded the ISO, checked the md5sums and burned 20 copies to distribute. Yes, the overdone system is a relational database. I will need to import data from both dBASE and Access files. Yes it needs to be password protected. And I cannot find how to password protect a database file, Writer - yes, Base - No. I'm going to post this as a separate question because I am making the presentation tomorrow and need an answer ASAP! Greg ________________________________ From: Bruce Martin <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tue, July 20, 2010 9:40:14 PM Subject: Re: [users] Need help to Market OOo (This may be a bit late, but...) Dear Greg: I seem to have caught up with this one a bit late. It seems to me that I have heard that both Souyth Africa and France 's government have adopted Oo, and I think there were other national governments that have also, not to mention various corporations. Added to that, do your coleagues know that the Open Source file formats are ISO approved? I have not heard of MS's formats getting such approval, but that would bear added research to verify. This overdone system you mention - is it a relational database app? do you need to bring outside data into an Oo Base database? Does that need to be password protected? If I went into what can be done with OoBase here, this would be an absurdly long post, but email me if any of this is of interest. Is there a need for multilingual support? In regard to graphics, I have used Oo to do a number of Toastmaster speech presentations, and much more. I have also created custom colours, gradients and the odd Hatch that load into the selection by default. Oo Draw also has an add-on for doing 2D Cad, and supports some degree of 3D, although the math is not as precise as Autocad, Catia or solid works would be (but neither does it carry the huge pricetag). In Electronics, it could be used for service schematics, but would not be the best capture for later use in conjunction with Gerber files, simulation testing etc. as the vectorial language is not designed to carry electronic component electrical behaviour information. You may also want to look at some of my other posts for Oo business apps I have created to give the team some more ideas to get excited about! Best Regards Bruce Martin Quebec, Canada =================================================== On 20/07/2010 6:17 PM, RA Brown wrote: > Gregory Forster wrote: >> OOo's web site has been changed, so I can't find the information I need. >> I >>need help! This Saturday, a computerized system will be voted on. On the >>table >>is a very expensive, overly elaborate database that does much more than >>required, akin to a little old lady putting a Ferrari drive train into a Geo >>Metro to go to the grocery store. I have a few sold on the Open Office >>alternative. However, I need more. I need examples of government entities, >>corporations, educational entities that have actually switched to Open >>Office. >>I want to be loaded with uncompromising ammunition of facts to promote Open >>Office. HELP!! >> >> Greg >> > > Hi Greg, > > If you have not already found it, http://marketing.openoffice.org/ is a good >starting point. Also check the mailing list archives from the page. > > Good luck. > >
