Richard Detwiler wrote: > James Knott wrote: >> NoOp wrote: >> >>> As others have mentioned, OOo has to check a lot more things than MS >>> Office does due to the fact that it *is* a multi-platform office suite. >>> If MS Office were a multi-platform office suite, I suspect that it >>> would >>> take just as long, or longer to start. >>> >>> >> >> You'd think that sort of thing could be determined at install and >> appropriate adjustments made then. >> For example, why would a Windows version have to check to determine what >> OS it's running on every time it's run? Is there any chance it would >> suddenly find itself on Linux or Mac? >> >> >> > > That was my thought also, when I read this particular reason for OOo's > slowness. > > Is this really true? That every time OOo starts, it has to do all of > this hunting around to figure out what operating system it has been > installed on? I'm not a programmer, but that seems quite bizarre.
Also, why does it even have to check at all? There are different packages for the different platforms. So I can see that the Windows version might have to check for which version of Windows, but once it has been installed, that shouldn't be an issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
