--- Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 01:09:10PM +0000, Antony
> Gelberg wrote:
>
> > Version 1 has perfectly adequate support for
> > linking to databases.
>
> Where you presumably mean "barely usable support if
> you're already a database expert"? At least that's
> what *I* have.
>
I intend to use OO Base with HSQL in place of MS
Access to *create* (not link) some single file
databases used for analytical analysis. OO 2 appears
to implement this functionality in a clean and
reasonable manner (i.e. like MS Access). This is an
important office software function.
> > In the time that you spent composing that post,
> > you could have searched the list archives and
> > learnt how to install it. I doubt you could have
> > created any impressive documents in that time.
>
> Why use a distro if you're going to have to
> manually install things anyway?
>
Exactly!
Any who has used gnu+linux for a while understands the
potential danger of going outside one's distribution.
(My download is in progress .. wish me luck!)
My original point: OpenOffice 2.0 (while not perfect)
is an important piece of open source software. IMHO
the Debian developers should get OO 2 into Testing
soon and create deb packages for Sarge. (And if you
continue to doubt the importance of Office software
just consider what Office has done for Microsoft.)
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