Subject: Re: Anyone tried StarOffice for Linux on NetBSD?
To: Dave Burgess <burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com>
From: Thayne Harbaugh <tharbaug%alta.us.oracle.com@us.oracle.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/28/1997 08:44:01
Dave Burgess wrote:

> It does appear to be a real memory hog.  It takes a coon's age to load,
> and is slow once it's up and running.
> 
> But it does run, and fairly well at that.  A few commercial buys from
> the 'huddled' masses (even a BSDI or FreeBSD version should run better
> than the Linux one) might be enough to get them to support "the other
> guys".

The problem isn't that it's written for Linux.  The problem is that they
use so many Motiff widgets!  That's what makes it a memory Hog and so
slow!


Thayne Harbaugh