From: "Sebastián Rotta Seletti" Date: 2011-02-08T11:15:12+09:00 Subject: Re: Choosing an office suite --001636c5b02bc2cbc2049bbbea94 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2011/2/7 Hilary Bailey > Phillip Gawlowski wrote in post #980112: > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Hilary Bailey > > wrote: > >> > >> I know that there are many surprises and my writing shows an innocence, > >> which will eventually receive a "reality check". But in the meantime, > >> based on my line of thinking, can anyone advice me on 1) the difference > >> between the suites mentioned above and 2) my plan of action in deploying > >> such product. > > > > There is, for now, little difference between OpenOffice and > > LibreOffice, seeing as LibreOffice forked only recently off of > > Oracle's code base. > > > > Considering, however, that pretty much all of the former OpenOffice > > developers went over to LibreOffice, I'd stick with that. Especially > > since Oracle hasn't shown so far to be trustworthy (3 OSS projects > > have "split" from Oracle already: MySQL -> MariaDB, Hudson CI -> > > Jenkins CI, OpenOffice -> LibreOffice; and Oracle isn't one to honor > > promises, either made by their acquisitions (OpenSolaris isn't Free > > anymore), nor promises they made themselves (see the Java Community > > Process hubub)). > > > > 2) You can't really use Rails to deploy software to a client. It would > > be possible, but it'd require providing some sort of client software, > > and at that point you can use something simpler than use a web > > framework (like password protected directories accessed via a GUI that > > enables easy installation; similar to MS's Web Platform Installer, or > > Ubuntu's Aptitude). > > > > > > The question is: What is it you want to achieve? > > > > -- > > Phillip Gawlowski > > > > Though the folk I have met, > > (Ah, how soon!) they forget > > When I've moved on to some other place, > > There may be one or two, > > When I've played and passed through, > > Who'll remember my song or my face. > > Hi Phillip, > What I want to create is a database that can measure the performance of > all entities in a school district. The closest software that exhibits > some semblance is that of Microsoft Access. Where, as I understand it, > the input entry of a single data can be housed and then derived, through > a set of queries, then further analyzed through/by Microsoft Solver > software. > > The difference with my proposal would be that based on selected > indicators [which will be dynamically influenced by changed event(s) and > policy(ies], which would be able to measure success. I have been exposed > to a statistical software named SPSS Hi Hilary: Semi-off topic but.... Exists PSPP (free, libre) for users of proprietary program SPSS Take a look: http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/ and having worked as an economist, > has influenced my outlook on creating an approach/database/software > which would indicate in real time, measured results. > As you can tell, there is an element of nervousness regarding saying > too much. But on the other hand, if not much is said, not much help can > be given. So it's a "catch 24", where since the last 20 years I have > been improving on a systems that would be able to measure defined > academic output, vis-a-vis, financial constraints etc.. > > Mike Stephens recommended Mendix as a possible solution to my woes. Do > you know of such arena? > > Therefore, I figured that, doing it all by myself may be the best > solution. However, some of my concerns are: "Why reinvent the wheel?', > How can I create a sustainable system that does not compromise quality?, > What curriculum structure should I follow that will meet my needs > without, straying from my goals? > > Therefore, this is my dilemma, which seems to be going in circles. Any > suggestions. > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- ============================== SEBASTIAN ROTTA SELETTI sebex007@gmail.com MSN:sebex007@hotmail.com ============================== --001636c5b02bc2cbc2049bbbea94--