Re: OO is too large

Paul,

Three options:

1. Go to a local university, or library, and ask for someone to
download it for you, or burn it to a CD.

2. The size of OpenOffice is *NOT* "ridiculous". OpenOffice.org is
SEVERAL ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE smaller than MICROSOFT OFFICE, for
example.

Wants facts, here are the facts:

Microsoft Office 2010 (trial version, free download)
http://msft.digitalrivercontent.net/01/501016817-10234441--EUR//office2010/X16-32007.exe

Size: 586 MB (near a full CD)

Download time: 3.5 hours on my broadband cable modem

OpenOffice.org
Size: 153 MB (less than 1/3rd of a CD)
Download time: 43 minutes
On my 1Mbit cable modem.

So before you panic, do the math. Or get a real broadband provider.

Most countries have free high-speed internet access at public
libraries. Or you can ask someone to download it for you.

Gretings from Argentina,
FC


On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:19 PM, Paul Temple <[email protected]> wrote:
> rovince (La Vega) and I'm downloading OO right now.  And that quaint little
> download thing in he bottom left hand corner of Chrome is telling me that I
> only have 18 hours left to complete my download (assuming he power lasts
> that long - if not I have to start all over again)!!!
> To be blunt, this is ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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