Use abiword or other free and open source office suite. If you want to get really ridiculous, there is siag office which is only 1.9 MB.
http://siag.nu/index.shtml On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Paul Temple <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi (again - so soon?) > > I kinda feel strongly about this so thought there's nothing quite like now. > > I'm not claiming to be unique and haven't read the archives so sorry if > this idea is a repeat of someone else's - but even if it is it will just add > weight to the idea!!! > > Here I am in the sticks (Dominican Republic), in the second largest town > (Constanza) in my Province (La Vega) and I'm downloading OO right now. And > that quaint little download thing in he bottom left hand corner of Chrome is > telling me that I only have 18 hours left to complete my download (assuming > he power lasts that long - if not I have to start all over again)!!! > > To be blunt, this is ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Now the OO developers can get very defensive and blame all sorts of things > but, hey, I'm a USER and 18 hours is what I'm having to cope with - I cannot > control what my nice (?) internet provider offers!!!!!!! It shouldn't be > so. > > So let me look at what OO does that I think is inherited from most earlier > s/w. OO is built using a strategy or top level design that is aimed at > making a profit!!! Obviously, this is ridiculous as OO is free so it can't > and doesn't attempt to make a profit. So why design it along lines that are > aimed at profiting? > > Why do I accuse OO of this? If we look at any other similar type of > offering, it's easier if we limit scope to a single product. So for want of > better, let me look at the Word Processor product, i.e Microsoft Word and > the OO Equiv. MS Word is also enormous. Why? Because if they sell > everything in one big chunk, an elephant, one has to pay a premium for all > those bits one never uses (because 99.9% of MS Word users never use all of > the product). But Microsoft won't sell just the parts you want because most > of us, like 99% of us (limting thought to those who don't use cracs), would > just buy parts and so down would plummet Microsoft profits!!! > > But why should OO be worried if people wanted less of the OO functionality? > OO would lose no profit!!! To put it another way (admit it, you saw this > cmng!!!) - how do you eat an elephant? One chunk at a time! > > So, thinking of cell phones, we all are now used to downloading "Apps" in > seconds. There's nothing quite like stealing, oops I mean sharing, someone > else's good idea. So why doesn't OO completely rethink, redesign and > rebuild its solutions. Why doesn't OO create tiny Apps, each comprising one > function or a few related functions, designed in such a way and to > sufficient standards such that each App integrates with each and all other > Apps for the same product. Depending on how the clever architects design > the overall solution strategy, one could have a core part that was needed, > just for basics, or one could do away with that (it's too obvious > and "normal") and instead insist (and mandate with standards) that each > component App be both stand-alone AND able to be integrated with all other > OO Apps (for a single product). > > Now such a solution would allow each App to be downloaded in very little > time. A user such as I could choose just the Apps (s)he needs and be ready > to work in seconds, not in, let me see, oh, only 20 hours now!!!!!!!!!! Am > I really going backwards? > > > So please guys and gals, lets have a new OO, designed for the 21st Century, > using an Apps-focused architecture designed for rapid download of limited > user-selected functionality selected from a portfolio of 100% integrated > solutions (per product) and with integrated interfaces to link all OO > products. > > Simple! Can I have it tomorrow please :-) > > > Cheers > > Paulindr > > -- *Alexandro Colorado* *OpenOffice.org* Español http://es.openoffice.org -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
