Chad Smith wrote:
On 11/2/05, Robin Laing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The parsing of the XML is the issue.
Let me just see if I understand your statement. XML, the basis for ODF,
which is, of course, the single greatest thing to happen to OpenOffice.org -
no, computers - no, the freedom of oppressed people the world over - *THIS*
ODF, made from XML. ... XML makes opening files *UNBAREABLY SLOW*?
I wonder if the good folks in Boston know about this?
-Chad Smith
But I have yet to find a way to open excel files in anything but excel
or OOo. At least with ODF I can open the file in EMACS or VIM or ...
I can write other programs to access the data that don't require me to
have to purchase a restrictive license from Microsoft.
Also I know that the files will open on Mac, Windows or Linux. I
cannot say that about Excel. Heck, I have yet to see a version of
Excel for Linux. Do you have a link?
Of course this is an extreme case. This was a situation designed to
test a very large spreadsheet. About 16 times larger than anything I
have ever used in the past or see myself using in the future. My
normal spreadsheet takes less than 9 sec to load and display all the
graphs.
And it wasn't unbearably slow on my machine. It gave me a minute to
think. Some of the stuff I work with takes hours or days to process.
It is relevant to the situation.
--
Robin Laing
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