I do not know what kind of machine you are running (I'm on a AMD 64 3400, 1.5 gig, 120 gig) and Calc opens in about 1/2 minute (maybe less I don't have a stop watch!!!).
Maybe the problem is that you are running OO on a MS Win machine - I'm on FC4. Darald On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 16:48 -0600, Wade Maxfield wrote: > > I can only offer a user's point of view. > > Very slow to load, very bloated. Open office Calc takes up to 184 > seconds to open an excel sheet that requires 1 second on Excel 2003, > on a 3ghz hyperthreading pentium. The office writer application takes > 37,660KB (37 megabytes) to load up in. > ( http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=119 ) > > Google is planning to do some hiring for engineers to work on open > office. http://news.com.com/Google+throws+bodies+at > +OpenOffice/2100-7344_3-5920762.html?tag=st.ref.goo > > Sun is working with Google on other things also, in the Java area. > http://news.com.com/Sun+and+Google+shake > +hands/2100-1014_3-5888701.html?tag=nl > > I think that the landscape may change before such a project would > be completed, but I'm not sure. > > 2.0 is very compliant with Microsoft Office for those that have > heavy duty machines. > > wade > > On 11/4/05, Lynn Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone have significant experience with OpenOffice? The > 2.0 release recently was released and claims to be VERY > compliant with XML standards. > > I have not followed the progress of OO 2.0 particularly > closely, and have no experience with ver 1.x. My impression is > that OO 2.0 might be applicable to OSIS (but I am a newbie wrt > osis). My direct interest is that OO 2.0 might be applicable > in preparing something like a SharingBible that simplified > XSLT issues.. > > Input appreciated. Hope all is well. > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
