On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:53:41 -0000 "Nick Whitehead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, the question is this - I think Calc has a serious flaw that will > stop potential users with big spreadsheets from using it (it is about to > stop me, anyway). How do I lodge that fact in the system in such a way > it might be addressed at some point? I do not think I am alone in > thinking this. I think that the folks who need to know about this already know about it, so there's probably no need to file a bug report. There are many reasons why OO may run more slowly than Microsoft Office stuff. Not the least is the fact that the OO code platform is designed to be portable across several computer architectures and Microsoft Office is not. By its nature, this precludes certain kinds of optimizations. Of course, Microsoft doesn't fact these restrictions when they are working on their Office product. This approach can also lead to problems that would otherwise be avoidable. For an example, see the division bug in Microsoft Excel that was noticed a couple of months ago, after several years of use. While I can't directly attribute that to over-optimized code (because I simply don't know) it is probably beyond question that stuff like that is easier to avoid in the first place (and easier to fix if there is a problem) when everything isn't quite so tightly wound. There is an old programmer's adage about optimization that states: If you're a novice, don't. If you're an expert, don't yet. If you are looking for a spreadsheet that might have more zip that OO Calc, you might want to try Gnumeric. I use Gnumeric myself in preference to OpenOffice Calc. (My wife, on the other hand, tried Gnumeric and went back to OO Calc right away so you can see that it's pretty much a personal choice.) Gnumeric might be faster than OO Calc in certain situations, though having said that it is a native Linux program that has apparently been ported to Windows so that version may also may suffer from "porting syndrome". Gnumeric works very well indeed on Linux, though. It is Free Software and you can download it from here: http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/downloads.shtml -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
