From: chris <spamoff.danx@ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: ACM Ada Letters
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 23:32:57 +0000
Date: 2003-10-31T23:32:57+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <teCob.1346$Lz1.318@newsfep4-winn.server.ntli.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bnuif3$15ibf9$1@ID-25716.news.uni-berlin.de>
Nick Roberts wrote:
> Well, I use OpenOffice as well. I click on the icon to start it up, then
> go and make a cup of tea and feed the cat, and sometimes when I come
> back it's nearly finished loading.
>
> ;-)
Must be Windows. On Linux I have noticed speed improvements in releases
except 1.1 proper, which was a little slower than 1.1rc1.
> I'm sorry, but I cannot help feeling that OO doesn't just need a few
> bugs squashing; it needs redesigning and rewriting (in Ada?).
Perhaps but what's the language got to do with anything?
> I thought
> StarOffice was great, but as soon as Sun have something to do with a
> piece of software, you just know it's going to go the way of the Dodo.
Why? StarOffice is made by Sun... :?
> I use OpenOffice only when nothing else will do.
Agreed. Sometimes even Latex can fail ;)
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Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-10 13:28 ACM Ada Letters Beard, Frank Randolph CIV
2003-10-11 15:02 ` Marin David Condic
2003-10-12 12:42 ` Freejack
2003-10-31 20:59 ` Nick Roberts
2003-10-31 23:32 ` chris [this message]
2003-11-01 3:07 ` Marin David Condic
2003-11-01 11:53 ` Ada on the Desktop (was: ACM Ada Letters) Marius Amado Alves
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2003-10-09 14:15 ACM Ada Letters Hyman Rosen
2003-10-10 5:32 ` Marin David Condic
2003-10-10 6:09 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-10-10 15:05 ` Stephen Leake
2003-10-30 21:56 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-11-05 19:14 ` Pat Rogers
2003-11-06 8:14 ` Preben Randhol
2003-11-06 15:10 ` Stephen Leake
2003-11-06 15:36 ` Preben Randhol
2003-11-06 16:30 ` Stephen Leake
2003-11-06 18:10 ` Wes Groleau
2003-11-07 12:53 ` Marin David Condic
2003-11-07 13:14 ` Marius Amado Alves
2003-11-07 14:48 ` Marin David Condic
2003-11-07 15:59 ` Pat Rogers
2003-11-07 21:11 ` Robert A Duff
2003-11-07 22:10 ` Pat Rogers
2003-11-07 22:18 ` Marius Amado Alves
2003-11-08 12:40 ` Marin David Condic
2003-11-08 18:38 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-11-09 12:40 ` Marin David Condic
2003-11-10 10:41 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-11-10 12:48 ` Marin David Condic
2003-11-10 15:21 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-11-07 22:52 ` Wes Groleau
2003-11-08 13:01 ` Marin David Condic
2003-11-06 16:19 ` Pat Rogers
2003-11-06 16:24 ` Pat Rogers
2003-10-10 7:38 ` Preben Randhol
2003-10-10 12:56 ` Marin David Condic
2003-10-10 12:59 ` Preben Randhol
2003-10-10 15:07 ` Stephen Leake
2003-10-10 15:50 ` Preben Randhol
2003-10-30 21:58 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-10-10 19:44 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-10-11 2:59 ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-12-06 17:37 ` Colin Paul Gloster
2003-12-06 22:46 ` Hyman Rosen
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