On Nov 16, 2007 9:07 PM, Dhosthi Dhosthi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Open Question: So where would *you* start to trim off the excess? Most of > Ooo is not used but doesn't it need to use the same basic frame to run all > of it's apps? That's one hog that may not trim down too easily...Oh Ya...
Yes, the componentry framework is Uno, <http://udk.openoffice.org/>. Plus the JRE, or course. Sun has been doing some work to get a clean separation between UNO and the apps because of all the dependencies that had crept in over the years. The plan is to then to work the slimmed down UNO back into the released OOo product during the 2.x release cycle. I'm not sure how far they've progressed with that project, There's a description of the project linked I think from <http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Uno/Efforts> but the OOo wiki seems to be moving about as fast as frozen snot on a brass doorknob tonight. IIRC one of the major goals was also enhanced usability so others could more easily write apps for the framework. The work is being done for an unidentified benefactor that I would guess might be IBM Lotus Division. I can only wish that Star Division had set out to make a better one of WordPerfect Office rather than Microsoft Office. Or maybe gone beyond the state of the art and combine the best of the old with some bleeding edge stuff, like moving the software to the server side rather than leaving it glued to the client side. OOWriter really sucks big time as an advanced word processor.
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