On 14 September 2011 17:55, David Nelson <li...@traduction.biz> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Ian Lynch <ianrly...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know that > > the PostgreSQL developers are interested in closer integration with OOo > from > > direct talks with them and we will be looking at this in more detail and > we > > have realistic chances of getting significant funding resources. > > This sounds like one possible good move for LibreOffice: Base as as a > front end and PostgreSQL as the engine at the back. That way, we only > have to provide a decent, reliable front end, and we have a > well-supported database engine. Although I would not like to give up > on the possibility of supporting other databases, too. I don't think there would be any restriction on the backend - for a start the development would be FOSS so even if adjustments were needed it would be doable. Generally you would want to connect to the database in a standard way so that changes in the database development didn't affect the front-end. I think the PostgreSQL guys have traction in markets that need other office productivity tools so it makes sense for them to get seamless integration with OOo/LibO. If it is done with OOo with Apache licensing it can be re-used by LibO and there will be little developer overhead for LibO. I should think that is the most likely scenario since I met those developers at an Apache Bar Camp. The grants to fund development will take at least a year to come on-line so this won't be a quick fix, but it has the chance of being a substantial and sustainable one. > Although if I > had to make a pragmatic choice between badly-implemented complexity of > support for multiple engines and well-implemented support for just one > engine, I'd choose the latter. > Although, like Tom, I'd love to see TDF get something moving with > Google (one of our supporters, no?) and work on Google Docs > integration. > > Charles, could we maybe get some technical opinions from Michael and > Thorsten about the feasibility of the above ideas? Michael, Thorsten, > could you maybe explain to us what the problems and prerequisites > would be for the above? > > -- > David Nelson > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org > 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/marketing/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications (The Schools ITQ) www.theINGOTs.org +44 (0)1827 305940 The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org 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/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
