Re: OO is too large

Paul in DR you can go to Fundacion de Codigo Libre and can get a copy of OOo
http://codigolibre.org/


On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 3:29 AM, Harold Fuchs <[email protected]>wrote:

> 1. There are several suppliers of OOo on CD/DVD. See
> http://distribution.openoffice.org/cdrom/index.html#cdrom  . Note that OOo
> does not recommend or guarantee any of these organisations. Under the terms
> of the licence it is legal to sell OOo. Some people charge ridiculous
> amounts and/or expect you to register with usernames and passwords. Avoid
> any supplier who requires either. Most of the suppliers only charge a small
> amount to cover the cost of the media plus P&P.
>
> 2. Computer magazines frequently come with "free" CDs/DVDs. These often
> contain a copy of OOo. Just make sure you buy a magazine relevant to your
> Operating System.
>
> 3. Get someone - library, college, business - with a faster internet
> connection to download the software and burn it onto a CD for you. Often a
> couple of beers go a long way ;-)
>
>
> --
> Harold Fuchs
> London, England
>
> "Paul Temple" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> Hi (again - so soon?)
>
>
> I kinda feel strongly about this so thought there's nothing quite like now.
>
>
> I'm not claiming to be unique and haven't read the archives so sorry if
> this idea is a repeat of someone else's - but even if it is it will just add
> weight to the idea!!!
>
>
> Here I am in the sticks (Dominican Republic), in the second largest town
> (Constanza) in my Province (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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> Now the OO developers can get very defensive and blame all sorts of things
> but, hey, I'm a USER and 18 hours is what I'm having to cope with - I cannot
> control what my nice (?) internet provider offers!!!!!!!  It shouldn't be
> so.
>
>
> So let me look at what OO does that I think is inherited from most earlier
> s/w.  OO is built using a strategy or top level design that is aimed at
> making a profit!!!  Obviously, this is ridiculous as OO is free so it can't
> and doesn't attempt to make a profit.  So why design it along lines that are
> aimed at profiting?
>
>
> Why do I accuse OO of this?  If we look at any other similar type of
> offering, it's easier if we limit scope to a single product.  So for want of
> better, let me look at the Word Processor product, i.e Microsoft Word and
> the OO Equiv.  MS Word is also enormous.  Why?  Because if they sell
> everything in one big chunk, an elephant, one has to pay a premium for all
> those bits one never uses (because 99.9% of MS Word users never use all of
> the product).  But Microsoft won't sell just the parts you want because most
> of us, like 99% of us (limting thought to those who don't use cracs), would
> just buy parts and so down would plummet Microsoft profits!!!
>
>
> But why should OO be worried if people wanted less of the OO functionality?
> OO would lose no profit!!!  To put it another way (admit it, you saw this
> cmng!!!) - how do you eat an elephant?  One chunk at a time!
>
>
> So, thinking of cell phones, we all are now used to downloading "Apps" in
> seconds.  There's nothing quite like stealing, oops I mean sharing, someone
> else's good idea.  So why doesn't OO completely rethink, redesign and
> rebuild its solutions.  Why doesn't OO create tiny Apps, each comprising one
> function or a few related functions, designed in such a way and to
> sufficient standards such that each App integrates with each and all other
> Apps for the same product.  Depending on how the clever architects design
> the overall solution strategy, one could have a core part that was needed,
> just for basics, or one could do away with that (it's too obvious and
> "normal") and instead insist (and mandate with standards) that each
> component App be both stand-alone AND able to be integrated with all other
> OO Apps (for a single product).
>
>
> Now such a solution would allow each App to be downloaded in very little
> time.  A user such as I could choose just the Apps (s)he needs and be ready
> to work in seconds, not in, let me see, oh, only 20 hours now!!!!!!!!!!  Am
> I really going backwards?
>
>
>
>
> So please guys and gals, lets have a new OO, designed for the 21st Century,
> using an Apps-focused architecture designed for rapid download of limited
> user-selected functionality selected from a portfolio of 100% integrated
> solutions (per product) and with integrated interfaces to link all OO
> products.
>
>
> Simple!  Can I have it tomorrow please  :-)
>
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Paulindr
>
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