Re: Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 151.188.247.104]
on December 05, 2008 01:53 AM
"The advantage I see in the Debian version (Go-OO) over the ArchLinux version (from Sun) is that in Debian I can install just the writer component while in ArchLinux I need to install the whole openoffice suite, even though I just need the writer."
Actually, that's not really true. Unlike MS Office, OpenOffice.org's core is really one monolithic application that handles documents, spreadsheets, and presentations (maybe Base as well, but I haven't played with that very much). That's why you've always been able to open a spreadsheet or presentation from within OO.o writer, from even the first versions back in 2003. It's *one* app, not several, much like the Mozilla Suite or Konqueror. When you call "swriter", you're really calling "soffice" with the "writer" profile.
That's also, BTW, why OO.o takes a bit longer to start than MS Office (well, along with MS's pre-caching of MS Office components at boot-time). You're not starting just one "application". You're essentially starting the entire office suite. This further explains a good deal of OO.o's larger DRAM usage.
Now, as for Novell...while I certainly do not trust Novell anymore, I can see the need for the support of MS Office 2007 documents. So, for those in countries that haven't accepted the ridiculous notion of software patents, I say, download and use the Go-OO version to your heart's content. Home users, same thing. Businesses are already pretty much rejecting MS Office 2007 for a plethora of reasons (along with Vista, hence the "Windows 7" hype), and the StarOffice version will continue to serve them well.
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Re: Go-OO: The best office suite you never knew you used
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 151.188.247.104] on December 05, 2008 01:53 AMActually, that's not really true. Unlike MS Office, OpenOffice.org's core is really one monolithic application that handles documents, spreadsheets, and presentations (maybe Base as well, but I haven't played with that very much). That's why you've always been able to open a spreadsheet or presentation from within OO.o writer, from even the first versions back in 2003. It's *one* app, not several, much like the Mozilla Suite or Konqueror. When you call "swriter", you're really calling "soffice" with the "writer" profile.
That's also, BTW, why OO.o takes a bit longer to start than MS Office (well, along with MS's pre-caching of MS Office components at boot-time). You're not starting just one "application". You're essentially starting the entire office suite. This further explains a good deal of OO.o's larger DRAM usage.
Now, as for Novell...while I certainly do not trust Novell anymore, I can see the need for the support of MS Office 2007 documents. So, for those in countries that haven't accepted the ridiculous notion of software patents, I say, download and use the Go-OO version to your heart's content. Home users, same thing. Businesses are already pretty much rejecting MS Office 2007 for a plethora of reasons (along with Vista, hence the "Windows 7" hype), and the StarOffice version will continue to serve them well.
--SYG
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