I hate to say it, but OpenOffice is a mess. Even on 3.1, it still crashes during routine use, it's got long start-up times, the interface is sluggish and non-responsive, the GUI design is clunky, and the plug-in development is really complicated.
ThinkFree office suite is written in Java, and that has a way faster start-up time, is way more responsive, and is far more stable than OpenOffice. The big problems with ThinkFree were that it had a giant irritating ad-banner, it tried to make you use it's web file hosting rather than local files, and it doesn't do OpenDocument (or similar) file formats. I'd love to see a great free office suite built in Java. The demand is there, but unfortunately, there is no direct financial incentive to build such a product. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
