Dan Kegel wrote: > http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/softmaker-office-2008--eine-alternative--vora/ > has a review of an office suite named Softmaker Office 2008, > available for Windows and now also Linux. The review says in part > > "Irritiert hat uns, daß die Windows-Version von Office 2008, die > von Stick gestartet werden kann, unter Wine besser, schneller > und stabiler läuft, wie die native Office 2008 für Linux. Wer also > die Windows-Version legal erworben hat, kann hier Geld sparen." > > ("It irritated us that the Windows version runs better on Wine > than the native Linux version. If you have the Windows version > already, save your money and run it on Wine.") > > That's praise of sorts... although I hope it doesn't > dissuade other vendors from doing native ports. > - Dan >
I noticed the same type of thing when I was playing with DVD Shrink a couple days ago. Ripping speed in DVD Shrink via Wine was significantly faster than on Windows. What usually is a 2.5 hour process was about 1.5-1.75 hour process. I agree though, hopefully the software vendors will do native ports :). -Zac