To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=52835 Issue #:|52835 Summary:|Using OO with MS and Linux Component:|Installation Version:|1.0.0 Platform:|PC URL:| OS/Version:|Linux Status:|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard:| Keywords:| Resolution:| Issue type:|ENHANCEMENT Priority:|P5 Subcomponent:|ui Assigned to:|of Reported by:|servdat
------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 3 08:13:00 -0700 2005 ------- I would like to use Linux on my PC. But its still poor hardware recognition and support and missing software tools make me an unvoluntary user of MS Windows as well, probably for a long time to come. I think I'm not the only one. As these 2 OS' coexist nicely I have asked myself, whether the software structure of OO would need a lot of changes to make it possible to use OO from both OS' (stored only once on an MS partition with a file system that is compatible with Linux). I can imagine that most of your code (at least for one hardware platform) is not depending on the OS; only the links to the OS created or placed at the installation process are fundamentally different. Or are at execution time the links to the interfaces of the hardware drivers, logs and error handling embedded in the functional code? If everything is clearly structured (=separated) in OO, solving this issue can not be a great task. If the structure is insufficient, an overhaul in regard of this aspect would make all your future corrections and enhancements a lot easier and largely independant of the supported platforms or for the implementation of new platforms. In any case it would prevent everybody in this situation from downloading every release twice. (But it would add a complication to the installation/update/repair process on Linux systems.) With best regards Bruno Naumann --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
