Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 7 Nov 1998 09:39:51 +0000 ( ) | From | Henrik Olsen <> | Subject | Re: Comments on Microsoft Open Source document |
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Dominik Weis wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Manuel J. Galan wrote: > > > > > On 06-Nov-98 Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote: > > [...] > > > > > > I would actually welcome the Office Suite or Outlook for Linux. > > > > > > Kind regards > > > Henning > > > > > Well, you've got it! > > > > http://www/stardivision.com > > > > Impressive! > > I know it is off topic but one really should take a look at Star Office. > It even seems to be more stable than version 4. I was really impressed > when I installed it today and the best thing it is free for non commercial > use. It is not perfect(stability) but definitly the right way. > Unfortunatly it needs the same amount of resources that M$ Office needs. > I was extremely UNimpressed by staroffice, as I will continue to be by anything taking 20MB of memory simply to run a desktop, and needed 20 more once I started any applications.
Unless the memory footprint for a Word 6 level editor is one the same order as the one of the actual Word, I can't see any (non-religious) reason to switch.
-- Henrik Olsen, CNA, working on CNE. URL=http://www.iaeste.dk/~henrik/ Get the rest there.
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