Hi Leonard, > I wholeheartedly recommend splitting Base from the main OOo. There are > not many Base users. And if you would make upgrading OOo (w/o Base) > easily to OOo+Base, then this is the *correct solution*. [This is of > course one approach that needs some time to implement.]
Uh, what a statement. (preface: I am biased in this topic. You'll understand when you look into my signature :) Some other people already said valid things about a) other components using Java (e.g. a lot of wizards) b) the power of numbers to prove or disprove things c) uses of Base's components in OOo's other applications Let me add something more: Base does *not* need Java. This is an urban legend which despite our biggest effort continues to live. Base allows to connect to a variety of databases, and there are exactly two (out of 15 or so) cases where you need Java: 1. you want to access a database where you only have a JDBC driver (or prefer this driver over other ones, e.g. because it is more mature) 2. you want to use the all-in-one-file-database feature of Base, which is implemented using HSQLDB, a database engine implemented in Java. For all other cases, you don't. So, when discussing the original topic of this thread, please don't let wrong facts guide you. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
