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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: CDS/ISIS and IDAMS for KDE and Linux
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2002-03-28 17:47:16
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Hi Reinhold,

you seem to have a problem which is probably nice to fix under KDE/Linux.
This is great news, and we like hearing that our tools can benefit others
since this is why we share them in the first place; helping others.

You seem under the impression that the KOffice team is a group or company
which can be a solution provider for your problem. This is not really a good
view of what we do. The KOffice team provides solutions and an open architecuture
so others can use and build on top of that.

We don't 'hire' ourselves for one particular problem, so the KOffice people
can't solve your problem here.
KOffice itself is probably a good first step in solving these problems, and
since you and others are free to use and extend the office suite I suggest
you find a company or maybe a group of students that implement your wishes.

This sounds like a bad suggestion and maybe even against what the openness of
KDE and KOffice stands for but it is not.  Using KDE/KOffice will provide 90%
of the solution to your problems; all that is left is 10% of the original 
amount of work and naturally this is cheaper to buy, or easier to implement 
for computer-science students.


I hope this helps you!



On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 06:48:08PM +0100, Reinhold Danner wrote:
> Hello koffice developers,
> 
> I am a student of social science and a stuff member of the psychosomatic
> institut of the techincal university of Munich.
> 
> In my jobs I have to solve problems with PC'S for non-technical persons
> , researches with medical or social science background. Therfore we need
> your help.
> 
> Please look ad www.unesco.org/isis , www.openisis.org and
> www.unesco.org/idams.
> 
> 1. CDS/ISIS is a easy to use database, I think we would all need filters
> and a conecivity to staroffice / openoffice Koffice and realy kcalc to
> use these utilitys also under the KDE environment.
> 
> 2. IDAMS as a slimlind and mighty solutions for statistics for
> researches and administratives with low bugged is very helpfull, we need
> a portaion and an implementation under Linux, perhaps Kcalc or such,
> please promot these ideas and assist us.
> 
> In non-develped countrys and under emergencys we need a stabile solution
> for both under linux as soon as possible.
> 
> If you help us and the unesco stuff with building up a neetwork also for
> these two package it would be a great help for many.
> 
> I hope you can go on these way, and I hear from you soon.
> 
> with greetings from
> 
> Reinhold Danner
> 

-- 
Thomas Zander                                            zander@earthling.net
The only thing worse than failure is the fear of trying something new

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