Re: [Sheflug] Re: Open Office

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> 	I don't really see much point in using Linux if what you want is
> an office package ŕ la MS. In that case, the original is bound to be
> best. That is the appropriate tool for the job IMHO. SO/FreeO are just a
> copy. Of course, SO works on Solaris and in Linux, but why use solaris
> (or Linux for the matter, or freeBSD)? Apart from a religious choice, of
> course. That is a very pragmetic approach to matters.

Hear, hear. 

Use the tool that best fits the job and is right for you the user. Don't use 
SO under Linux for the sake of using SO under Linux...if MS Office on Win95 
does the job, then why change?

For the record though, I've had problems with SO under Windows; it (SO, *not* 
windows) crashes when trying to load documents in. Never spent any time 
trying to nail the problem out though...though I may look into this at a 
later point.


> 
> > would never have been produced.  Star Office is one of those and works
> > very well on some very slow machines which are about 400MHz in speed.
> 
> 	Hardly slow as i see it. A P200 is a great piece of kit. I'd
> like to know what those 400 MHz are spent on (and I'm not re-compiling
> SOffice with -pg on!). As I see it, it's better to keep the old system
> than to bloat hardware for the sake of software. Most people around here
> have already shifted to lyx and aren't looking back. 
> 

Yep; my machine is a P200 ... and SO 5.1 takes a while to start up. It's not 
too bad whilst running but it thrashes the disk away. I preferred the SO 4 
approach which had the word processer, the spreadsheet &c as seperate 
programs and not one huge great monolithic program.

A 400MHz box is not slow ... it's about the average speed of a PC these days, 
I believe.

Chris...


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