OpenOffice is written in Java, which is a Just-In-Time language. Office is natively compiled.
On 5/16/07, Dustin Puryear <dustin at puryear-it.com> wrote: > > No, I think that question was pretty good. While I think that the F/OSS > model works well, I don't think it's automatic that F/OSS software > (e.g., OpenOffice) is *just* better. > > I don't get what you mean by "JIT language office system". Are you > referring to Microsoft Office or OpenOffice? > > -- > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > http://www.puryear-it.com > > Author: > "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" > > Download your free copies: > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/ebooks/ > > Andrew Baudouin wrote: > > I'd imagine because it's FOSS. > > > > A better question would be: > > > > How can an a JIT language office system run on less hardware than a > > natively compiled one? On a Celeron 533 system, I find OO.o to be a few > > orders of magnitude slower than Office 2K. > > > > On a Core 2 3.0Ghz machine, I feel that it's much slower on Win32 in > > comparison to Office 2003 in terms of loading times, but the machine is > > fast enough as to not be able to tell a difference during usage. > > > > I don't use either very heavily, though. > > > > > > On 5/16/07, *Dustin Puryear* <dustin at puryear-it.com > > <mailto:dustin at puryear-it.com>> wrote: > > > > Why do you feel that OpenOffice is better than Microsoft Office? > > > > -- > > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > Author: > > "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > > "Spam Fighting and Email Security in the 21st Century" > > > > Download your free copies: > > http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/ebooks/ > > > > willhill wrote: > > > Open Office is better than Office but both are quirky and I would > > not use > > > either for a big job. For quick one or two page papers with > > graphics, Open > > > Office does the job on GNU/Linux with less hardware than a > comparable > > > Microsoft system. I miss Word Perfect, which was easier and more > > reliable > > > than either. My preference is for KWord, which is also quirky but > > very light > > > and easy to use. The quirks I've run into are related to SVG and > > KFormula > > > and might have some teething issues with ODF. For my thesis, I'm > > using > > > Kile/Latex and it's saving me all sorts of formating > > headaches. For business > > > use, Open Office is more than adequate. > > > > > > The problem is that Microsoft has introduced yet another format > > that no one > > > else can read. The new Office uses this format as it's default > > and they have > > > made it difficult to find the "save as" button or to see what kind > of > > > document you have saved. People who don't have someone managing > > these > > > settings for them are going to have problems right away. Users of > > older > > > versions of Office and Open Office are going to have problems if > > the new > > > Office takes off. > > > > > > On Wednesday 16 May 2007 10:48 am, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > >> I'm curious what you guys think about OpenOffice vs. Office and > > even vs. > > >> Google Office. > > >> > > >> http://www.techevangelism.com/2007/05/16/who-uses-openoffice/ > > <http://www.techevangelism.com/2007/05/16/who-uses-openoffice/> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net <mailto:General at brlug.net> > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > General at brlug.net > > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.brlug.net/pipermail/general_brlug.net/attachments/20070517/d900567f/attachment-0001.html
