StarOffice 5.2

[Kevin Brown]

Don't know if it matters but I use Applixware from applix (www.applix.com) on my
linux box.  With just the english dictionary and help files it is only around
100mb (the manual says 133MB, but since I don't use all the options it kept it
smaller).  The real nice thing about it is its ability to be a network app.  I
had an email off the applix mailing list (which I can't find at this time, sigh)
that a user had a PPro 200 with (iirc) 128MB RAM had 12 concurrent users using
Applixware, total cpu time for the processes was less than 20% and only about
half the RAM.  Lets see MicroCrap Office do that.  I haven't encountered any
errors when transfering files from office97/2000, but I don't do much in the way
of advanced features (e.g. macros, heavy formatting with images, etc...).  Yes
you do have to pay for it, but I have found it worth the price.

> Well, I just downloaded and installed the new binary version of
> StarOffice 5.2 (not the source from www.openoffice.org), and
> unfortunately, it sucks just as much as StarOffice 5.1.  Still slow as
> hell, huge resource hog, etc.  Not to mention the standard install
> takes up approx. 300MB of disk space.
> 
> I REALLY can't wait for a decent office suite to come out for Linux...
> 
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