Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> OpenOffice gets pre-load, update notification
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> | Programmers released OpenOffice.org 2.1 on Tuesday. The version
> | that a feature for Linux machines called Quickstarter, which
> | preloads the office suite into memory so it launches faster
> | when a user chooses to run it.
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> | [...]
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> | In addition, the new version includes an improved notification
> | system that alerts users to new versions of the software.
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> http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6143359.html
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> Trolls/shills who say that Microsoft Office starts more quickly than
> OpenOffice should realise that they have libraries which reside in memory
> and are loaded at startup.
Bullshit. At one time there was an "Office Quickstart" or something
like that but that was optional and hasn't been a part of MS-Office for
several releases. There are *NO* Office libraries that are loaded at
startup. The startup performance is real, it is not some preloading
trick. That trickery is no longer used or needed.
> OpenOffice (and Linux) has that capability too.
Yes... some distros do pre-load certain apps (OpenOffice, Firefox,
Gimp) at startup. It's basically doing the same "cheating/trick" that
MS-Office once did several years ago.
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