Given today is a wash, Thanksgiving and all, I decided to download the
newest OpenOfice.

Christ!!!!

100 megs binary and 230 megs source....does anyone in the opensource
community know the meaning of the term "bloatware?" [trademark - Microsoft]


ken

No_One <no_one@no_where.com> wrote:
> Given today is a wash, Thanksgiving and all, I decided to download the
> newest OpenOfice.
>
> Christ!!!!
>
> 100 megs binary and 230 megs source....does anyone in the opensource
> community know the meaning of the term "bloatware?" [trademark - Microsoft]
>
That's nothing, the printer drivers etc. for the HP 7310 all-in-one
printer are 400Mb or so.

--
Chris Green

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>> 100 megs binary and 230 megs source....does anyone in the opensource
>> community know the meaning of the term "bloatware?" [trademark - Microsoft]
>>
> That's nothing, the printer drivers etc. for the HP 7310 all-in-one
> printer are 400Mb or so.

IIRC, the printer drivers really aren't that big. HP sends them out on
a fully loaded CD though that includes a lot of additional things.
Beyond drivers for all the Windows operating systems, I believe they
also include Linux a lot of fonts, additional software, and a wizard
for installing the printer in a networked environment for windows
machines. Oh yeah, they include all the necessary support to add IP
printing to Windows 98. Without that, you simply can't create a TCP_IP
port on Win98. Those "all-in-one" machines may also include scanning
and faxing software. So, while you may find a 400MB[0] download, more
likely than not most of that is not really drivers.

[0] Just checked the CD copy I received for drivers for the HP 4250n,
albeit _not_ an "all-in-one" machine at 530MB.

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No_One wrote:

>Given today is a wash, Thanksgiving and all, I decided to download the
>newest OpenOfice.
>
>Christ!!!!
>
>100 megs binary and 230 megs source....does anyone in the opensource
>community know the meaning of the term "bloatware?" [trademark - Microsoft]
>
>
>ken
>
>
>
>
Well, you *could* buy the CD-ROM (and help support OpenOffice), eh?

On 2005-11-23, Thomas Ronayne <trona@REMOVETHISameritech.net> wrote:
> No_One wrote:
>
>>Given today is a wash, Thanksgiving and all, I decided to download the
>>newest OpenOfice.
>>
>>Christ!!!!
>>
>>100 megs binary and 230 megs source....does anyone in the opensource
>>community know the meaning of the term "bloatware?" [trademark - Microsoft]
>>
>>
>>ken
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Well, you *could* buy the CD-ROM (and help support OpenOffice), eh?

That would be the Microsoft way, buy the bloat then test it. I prefer to
test it first then purchase. However, at 100 megs, OO is unlikely to ever
see the inside of my hard drive.

ken

No_One wrote:
> On 2005-11-23, Thomas Ronayne <trona@REMOVETHISameritech.net> wrote:
>
>>No_One wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Given today is a wash, Thanksgiving and all, I decided to download the
>>>newest OpenOfice.
>>>
>>>Christ!!!!
>>>
>>>100 megs binary and 230 megs source....does anyone in the opensource
>>>community know the meaning of the term "bloatware?" [trademark - Microsoft]
>>>
>>>
>>>ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Well, you *could* buy the CD-ROM (and help support OpenOffice), eh?
>
>
> That would be the Microsoft way, buy the bloat then test it. I prefer to
> test it first then purchase. However, at 100 megs, OO is unlikely to ever
> see the inside of my hard drive.
>
> ken

They (OO) must have hired a bunch of MS programmers.


--
Leo in Canada:
A computer without Microsoft is like a chocolate cake without mustard.
< running Slackware 10.1 Linux >

No_One wrote:

> That would be the Microsoft way, buy the bloat then test it. I prefer to
> test it first then purchase. However, at 100 megs, OO is unlikely to ever
> see the inside of my hard drive.

If 100 megs is too big for your system then it is likely too slow to run
OO comfortably anyway. For that matter, you are better off to stick
with windows.

cordially, as always,

rm

No_One wrote:
> That would be the Microsoft way, buy the bloat then test it. I prefer to
> test it first then purchase. However, at 100 megs, OO is unlikely to ever
> see the inside of my hard drive.

then why do you not stop whining, get the hell out of here and either
modify OOo to fit your needs (you're free to do so, remember!), write a
better office suite or crawl back into your hole!

your bitching about what other people have put years of voluntary work
into and are giving you for free makes me sick!

~Mik

--
You are the coding queen, young and green, only seventeen
Coding queen, see her face in the glowing screen
You can code, you can hack, saving it all on your rack
See that girl, watch that screen, dig in the coding queen

Leo (Bing) Whiteway blithely blithered
> No_One wrote:
>> On 2005-11-23, Thomas Ronayne <trona@REMOVETHISameritech.net> wrote:
>>
>> That would be the Microsoft way, buy the bloat then test it. I prefer to
>> test it first then purchase. However, at 100 megs, OO is unlikely to ever
>> see the inside of my hard drive.
>>
>> ken
>
> They (OO) must have hired a bunch of MS programmers.

Whaddya bitchin about? That's a compressed installation proggy
containing a brazilian little files that perform the functions needed to
make the suite work. Microsoft Office is huge in comparison. Disk space
and broadband aren't exactly out of the regular Joes price range either.

--
REAGAN WAS WORSE

No_One wrote:

> Given today is a wash, Thanksgiving and all, I decided to download the
> newest OpenOfice.
>
> Christ!!!!
>
> 100 megs binary and 230 megs source....does anyone in the opensource
> community know the meaning of the term "bloatware?" [trademark -
> Microsoft]
>
>
> ken

What's the problem. It has a word processor, spread sheet, presentation,
database, drawing package, html creator, a huge bunch of documentation and
graphics do dah thingies and it still fits into less than 100 Megs. I bet
the M$ equivalents are bigger in total.

Ian