Re: Starbase or R:BASE?

[MikeB]

Well after I posted, I went to staroffice.com.support.starbase NG and cruised around.  I did not find very many happy campers there.  Your application of "cryptic" falls short of some of the descriptions used by others.  Sadly, this probably won't be the vehicle to bring RB to the masses of programmers.  Really, the only way will be via some of the discussions that went on here a couple of years ago between myself, Larry, and a couple of others, being widely advertising an Oterro/RBase (Really Both Products Need to be In the Package)FreeBee Download or CD on a timebomb of say 3 or 6 months.  In any event, sufficient time for a Developer/User to actually learn the nooks and crannys of the product sufficiently to make an informed decision.  Further, part of the download/CD offer would include a link to register them to this forum to help them into the pool.         ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Salisbury To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:49 AM Subject: Re: Starbase or R:BASE? MikeB wrote: How do the users define a database easily? Do they have to do it through Oterro? Is there an RDBMS included in Star Office that is capable of defining a DB? Yes, there is an interface in there where you can define a database.  The interface is cryptic at best and they really didn't do R:BASE much justice. It looked to me like R:BASE was to be the main database of Star Office but that seems to have changed with version 6.  This is most unfortunate since this would have been a great way to get R:BASE out there in front of the masses. Scott ==== ----- Original Message ----- From:Scott Salisbury To: rStreet List Server ; RbJunk ; RBTI R:BASE List Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 2:02 PM Subject: Starbase or R:BASE?  I recently loaded up a copy of Sun Microsystems Star Office 5.2.  This product will read and write Excel and Word documents.  Definitely worth looking into this product. The price?  It's FREE. Now comes the best part...  It's got a database with it -- a heck of a good database.  Razzak made a great move by getting R:BASE into that product. It's a stroke of genius!  Microsoft made Access a common name in the database world simply by giving it away. If you download a copy of Star Office 5.2 from Sun Microsystems web site, you can look in the Directory of C:\StarOffice52\program, you will find: OT10_32  DLL     1,232,896  05-08-00  5:20a ot10_32.dll OT101    MSG         6,462  05-08-00  5:20a ot101.msg OT102    MSG        56,320  05-08-00  5:20a ot102.msg OT103    MSG        43,520  05-08-00  5:20a ot103.msg OTERRO   CFG            24  01-30-02  8:17p OTERRO.CFG OTERRO   CFJ         7,112  01-30-02  6:48p oterro.cfj OT10INS  DLL        45,056  05-08-00  5:20a ot10ins.dll This is not the most recent version of Oterro but it's still a great way to share one of the database world's best kept secrets with a broad spectrum of people who are seeking an alternative to the tyranny of Microsoft. Great move Razzak and I hope this brings a lot of new people to R:BASE. Scott ==== Scott J. Salisbury Matrix Data Systems / The R:Street Journal 5114 Point Fosdick Drive NW, Suite E-272 Gig Harbor, WA 98335-1733 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MatrixDataSystems.Com http://www.SeaNet.Com/~sjs Direct Line: 206-423-7679 Toll Free: 888-386-5040 Seattle: 206-448-7975 Tacoma: 253-444-5166 Fax: 305-425-0491   --   Scott ==== Scott J. Salisbury Matrix Data Systems / The R:Street Journal 5114 Point Fosdick Drive NW, Suite E-272 Gig Harbor, WA 98335-1733 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.MatrixDataSystems.Com http://www.SeaNet.Com/~sjs Direct Line: 206-423-7679 Toll Free: 888-386-5040 Seattle: 206-448-7975 Tacoma: 253-444-5166 Fax: 305-425-0491