On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 13:16 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear G. Roderick Singleton, > > >
[snipped] > > Assuming OO is reasonably stable, I do not think it's necessary to > keep all the extra resource files on the hard disk, particularly if a > user only wants one or two components like Writer and Calc. My MS > Office (just Word) folder is only 22MB, though I suppose various > resource files that increase the true total are in other folders, > e.g., Common files (75 MB on my hard disk). However, even assuming > the common files are all for Word, 75+22 is only 97MB instead of the > 172MB consumed by the OO folder. WOW! MSO on my system is 203Mb not including the files in the WINDOWS directory. > > It is interesting that the OO community apparently accepts this > excessive copnsumption of space as natural. The only discussion of > "bloat" I found on the web dealt with the OO's loading speed and not > with the size of the OO folder... Considering that a 3.5-20Gb disk costs less than C$50.00 inlcuding shipping maybe it is time to consider and upgrade. I expect that in Europe pricing is similar. Just an idea. [snipped] Sometimes it is best to stick to what you know :-) -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
