From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-02-10T15:24:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Opinion: Ruby + OpenOffice.org

In article <20040209215829.GA3876@math.umd.edu>,
Daniel Carrera  <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>I've been thinking about the idea of Ruby bindings for OpenOffice.org.  I 
>am thinking that:
>
>1.  This might benefit OOo, by making OOo programming easier.  Especially 
>if the bindings are well designed.  Hopefully, this would attract more 
>programmers.
>
>
>2.  If (1) happens, that would benefit Ruby.  OOo is one of the most 
>popular open source programs.  It is widely used in Linux, Windows and 
>there is a Mac OS X port in progress.  If OOo comes with a copy of Ruby, 
>then there would be millions of users with Ruby installed.  Furthermore, 
>OOo is growing at an impressive rate.  Last year Munich got 14,000 copies.  
>Later on China ordered a few millions.  Last week an Indian copany ordered 
>another 15,000.
>
>So there might be a growing market for OOo-related applications, which 
>Ruby could capitalize on.  This could spark interest in Ruby as well.
>
>
>
>I would like to hear some opinions on this.  Do you guys think that Ruby 
>bindings for OOo would be worth it?  Do you agree with my hypothesis?
>
>I'm trying to figure out if this is a project worth doing.  I'd like to 
>hear your thoughts on this.
>

Seems like a great idea.  The only way you're going to find out if it's 
worth doing is to build it.  "If you build it, they will come" ;-)

Or, maybe your question is: "If I build it, will they come?"

Phil