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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: shared Excel files
From:       rbe <rbe () flash ! net>
Date:       2004-05-30 15:34:28
Message-ID: c9cuu4$rma$1 () sea ! gmane ! org
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Kelvin wrote:

> Glen wrote,
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Kaukola" <glen@mail.cert.ucr.edu>
> To: "CPH" <cphennessy@openoffice.org>; <users@openoffice.org>
> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [users] shared Excel files
> 
> 
>> CPH wrote:
>> > Hi Glen,
>> >   It is normally quite dangerous for multiple people to have teh
>> >   same
> file
>> > open at the same time as you have no guareetee which users's
>> > changes
> will
>> > actually be saved. This is a "fearure" which is not supported by
>> > OpenOffice.org (and I doubt if it ever will).
>>
>> Well I've played around with it a bit now and it seems to work
>> flawlessly with Excel.  I'm sad to hear you say that file sharing
>> won't
>> ever be supported by Open Office.  Guess I'm stuck using Windows for
>> now.  =(
>>
>>
>> Glen
> 
> Hi Glen,
> 
> Never say never, as they say.
> 
> If you feel this is worthy of an enhancement request then please raise
> it in Issuezilla.
> 
> Your input can end up changing OpenOffice.org.
> 
> This is something that I never considered possible with commercial
> software.
> 
> I wanted an Australian dictionary because I could only provide a UK
> dictionary. So I built one and provided it to the project.
> 
> I would like an Australian dictionary for Outlook Express. I know of
> no way I can achieve this. Even though I really don't want to,
> eventually I will probably have to change software.
> 
> There are many other bugs and enhancements that I have requested.
> Quite a few have already been acted upon.
> 
> I hope these examples show the differences of a project like
> OpenOffice.org to commercial software.

I agree.  My concern is with the integrity of the database.  If there 
really is a way to "share" data without the prospect of unexpected 
changes (two people working on the same bit of data at the same time 
with each entering a different change), I think it would be a 
worthwhile enhancement.  However, if a database supports it already, I 
see no reason OOo could not support the enhancements in the database.

This does not seem an easy enhancement to develop, but if it is useful, 
the issue should certainly be raised.  I have not yet seen a 
description that would address concerns about security and integrity, 
however.  The fact that it is in XP and is seen by users as a helpful 
tool would seem to indicate that my concerns are met in some fashion 
and the enhancement would be valuable.

-- 
Robert Black Eagle


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