Open Office

[George Toft]

Kimi Adams wrote:
> 
> As many of you know, about a month ago I installed Mandrake 8.2 on my
> desktop, mostly out of frustration and need.  My administrator did the
> work. I have struggled with learning things over, after 20 successful
> years of MS'ing.
> 
> The problem is that when I launch Open Office, from the favorites menu,
> it takes a minute or two or more to get past the opening logo screen.
> THEN as if it's not bad enough, it either just stops opening after the
> logo screen goes away or when it actually opens the program, the cursor
> stops blinking and it suddenly closes within the first few seconds of
> being open.
> 
> I have not researched this issue, but I have talked to two other people
> that say it seems like a bad install or that maybe resources are messing
> with it.
> 
> Any suggestion that will actually fix the problem?
> 
> Kimi
> 
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StarOffice.

I saw Star Office 6.0 at Fry's for $24.95.  I tried OO - 2 hours later I
ran:
	rpm -e OpenOffice
and went back to StarOffice 5.2.  Works like a champ.

I am totally mystified how an organization can take an excellent product
like SO 5.2, and insert a shiton of bugs, but the OO group has succeeded
quite well.

George