![]() The only times I fire up OpenOffice if I reach the limits of the other programs (mostly related to importing nonstandard file formats). □Ĭoming back to your initial statement, I found myself more and more often using Abiword and GNumeric instead of OpenOffice because of speed issues. On the other hand, it’s not so important how fast a program loads – this is O(1) – but how well it performs when in use – that would be some kind of O(n), “scientifically” spoken. OpenOffice 3 on FreeBSD 7 on a 2 GHz P4, I can see that the older system loads faster. “Go buy a new PC!” seems to solve everything.įor example, if I compare the startup times of OpenOffice 2 on FreeBSD 5 on a 300 MHz P2 vs. With today’s more-than-enough resources on hardware, there seems to be no need for efficient programming. I’m not sure Oracle is to be blamed here, as the trend I pointed out is visible across many (most?) software products. I think that’s sad – spending hours on compliling and then still missing essential parts that have been present in the past. Today, those doesn’t seem to be part of the localized builds anymore. LibreOffice emerges as a better option out of the two in the battle of LibreOffice vs. For example, OpenOffice version 1 and 2 contained a german dictionary in the default localized install. n… it’s obvious that such a program CAN’T be fast unless you upgrade your hardware and software along with that program.Īnother point I’d like to mention in this regards is the trend of modularization. With the implementation based upon newer sets of libraries that need certain dependencies that need certain dependencies that rely on other dependencies… cont. The reason? Because there’s much more functionality inside, like script processing engines, extensive input and output filters, and all the other litlle things – MANY little things – users are interested in. If you then maybe compare more backwards to StarOffice… well, seems to be a lot faster. If you would compare today’s OpenOffice (version 3) to an older version (version 1), you would see that the older versions often load faster even on older systems. Modern software tends to get slower and slower, that’s true. Quick Links Why Do OpenOffice and LibreOffice Both Exist But What's the Difference The License Situation It Doesn't Really Matter was once the open-source office suite of choice, but it fractured into two separate projects - Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice. Still, I can partly agree with your statement. GNumeric, just like Abiword, is a “more stand-alone” program, allthough to be seen as part of Gnome’s office suite (but quite independent of Gnome). Comparing OpenOffice to GNumeric is not valid as GNumeric “is less than” OpenOffice (a spreadsheed application vs. ![]() But now that oracle owns it just going to be slower and slower just like their other products. ![]() Even tho this software still a piece of garbage, It should load as fast as gnumeric.
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