On Thu, 23 Aug 2001 at 14:33, Pablo Manalastas wrote:
> You want MS Office compatibility, you PAY for it in terms of memory
> use. SOffice is doing such a great job trying to be an MS workalike
> why are we complaining?
This is a very interesting point of view that I've honestly never taken.
But then perhaps it's because I don't really want a Microsoft workalike.
Instead I was hoping to find a decent desktop-style office suite as an
alternative to Microsoft. Not a workalike, and not necessarily 100%
compatible. I should learn TeX, hahaha. Unfortunately AbiWord and Gnumeric
don't seem to be ready for primetime just yet. I haven't tried KOffice.
> Do you complain if Oracle takes up all of memory?
Uhh, I don't use Oracle, Doc. I use PostgreSQL. It's Orly who uses Oracle.
Hehehe. ;>
> Powerpoint is not really tiny either.
True, true.
> If you are really pressed for memory, you can always use KPresenter
> (KDE Office). You can't use the presentation with Powerpoint, though.
How usable would you rate KOffice? I've never tried it, and am wondering
if the "plunge" getting all those libraries will be worth it.
> Is there a way of using just Star IMpress alone, without running
> StarOffice?
As far as I know to remove the "integration" bloat, you'll need to use
OpenOffice. I think Cito Maramba has tried OpenOffice. I have yet to check
out the latest snapshot. Maybe after Linux10. For more information,
<http://www.openoffice.org/>.
--> Jijo
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