Ian,
Ian Lynch wrote:
Hi,
I know this has come up before but I think one of the biggest things
holding back OOo in the market is the size of the code. I just used
Inkscape to do a flyer recently and got someone in the office to just
download and install it to print the flyer. There was no anti-reaction
yet when I asked someone to do the same on a different occasion with OOo
there was reluctance because of the size of the download and the thought
that it would somehow clutter up their computer. So its not easy to do
but we have to bear in mind that things like Google apps are going to be
a lot more palatable to some people than downloading 100 meg of OOo
code. Delivery of OOo through a web browser from a remote server might
be easier than slimming the code down. Sun's global desktop type
technology but focussed on OOo and with a simple sign up but seems more
likely to be developed as a service eg integrated with a Web2.0 business
than something the community can tackle on its own.
you are at least right regarding the code and installation size, and
some people are aware of this already. Though the page needs to be
updated, we have a project started to analyze the OOo code basis in more
detail (see
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Analysis/Source_Code_Inventory)
, to actually get an understanding why its so huge ...
Ian
Kay
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