__/ [ ed ] on Thursday 14 December 2006 19:51 \__
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:44:08 +0000
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> OpenOffice gets pre-load, update notification
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | 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.
>> |
>> | [...]
>> |
>> | In addition, the new version includes an improved notification
>> | system that alerts users to new versions of the software.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6143359.html
>>
>> 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. OpenOffice (and Linux) has that
>> capability too.
>
> it's not just office that does this, it's visual studio also.
Who needs VS when you have gvim, gdb and gcc?
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