Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 2103
[RFE] Palm Address link
Last modified: 2017-02-24 17:31:26 UTC
It's a pity that there is not the possibility to link the address database of OpenOffice to the Addressdatabase of Palm's (at least not an "official" one and I could not figure out how to do it with "Other external data source"). I guess, just looking at the numbers of Handhelds with the Palm OS sold, that there might quite a lot of people be interested in synchornizing with the palm address database. Thanks for considering this Oliver
MArc -> Falko: RFE, that's for you.
Just as comment: This would mainly require patches to mozilla. OOo uses mozilla libraries to access the different address book types - mozilla has the code to bridge the data through a common interface. So in real, this would need to be an issue in BugZilla - the mozilla bug tracking system.
This issue is re-assigned to Christian Jansen for further evaluation.
Refered to Franks comment I'm going to close the issue. If mozilla supports different address book type. We should rethink about this issue.
If we are really going to get people off of Windoze, then we are going to have to compete with them in customer service as well as in products. Today, the $500 beast called "Microsft Office" supports synchronising with various PDAs (E.g. Palm Pilot). It is not only useful, it is critical for most office-type users who are on the go. Case in point: my salesman neighbour who I just last year got to switch to Linux from Windows 95. He knows little about the technology of his machine although he adjusted very well due to his own personal patience. He uses KDE Konqueror for his few surfing needs so he has no direct interaction with Mozilla (He has no idea what "Mozilla" is, actually, much less "Bugzilla"). He uses Open Office but was dismayed at the idea that there is a enhancement request which has the status of "RESOLVED WONTFIX". He thinks that Open Office ought to pursue this as an important enhancement when resources/time/schedule/etc. permits. I have to admit that I agree with him. Today, both of us use Jpilot and copy/paste between Jpilot and Open Office applications. It works fine but this is not as seamless as it could be. Ok, that's our 2 cents (from the programmer and the salesman).
Richard, I see your point - I agree that closing this issue may have happened too fast. I saw some movement with respect to Palm access in Mozilla on the 1.2 branch, so there may be possibility ... (I do not exactly know what they implemented ...) However, we may have to wait for Mozilla, anyway, and can't influence their work heavily .... grabbing this bug - no need to linger in CJ's intray ....
target milestone set to OOo Later - need to watch the Mozilla development for this, or decide to go own ways ...
mass re-assign of address book integration bugs
responsibilities changed
change subcomponent to 'none'
Migrate to a new account for security reasons.
working transfer
Maybe in the future when OpenSync (http://www.opensync.org/) matures, it would be a way to resolve this issue.
Palm OS is out of date since 2009 and PDA devices don't exist anymore.