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Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft Office Gone Far Too Bloated

After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
  this bit o' wisdom:

> You know your office suite is bloated when..
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| What's worse is this diagnostic took at least 20 minutes to finish on a nice 
>| dual-core with 2GB RAM. 
>| 
>| [...]
>| 
>| OpenOffice.org isn't necessarily have a reptutation for being lean itself, 
>| but developers are pushing hard to make OpenOffice.org 3.2 the fastest 
>| version yet. Stay tuned for more.  
> `----
>
> http://www.oooninja.com/2009/06/microsoft-office-diagnostics-bloated.html

One hint I found in speeding up the loading of OpenOffice is to make sure
you've uninstalled any fonts you never use (which can include a lot of
foreign-language fonts).

-- 
Awash with unfocused desire, Everett twisted the lobe of his one remaining
ear and felt the presence of somebody else behind him, which caused terror
to push through his nervous system like a flash flood roaring down the
mid-fork of the Feather River before the completion of the Oroville Dam
in 1959.
		-- Grand Panjandrum's Special Award, 1984 Bulwer-Lytton
		   bad fiction contest.

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