The latest version of Portable OpenOffice.org, an edition of the open source office suite that fits on a USB stick, includes a number of updates such as full support for Windows 2000 and launchers for each OpenOffice.org application. Portable OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 includes all the applications included in OpenOffice.org 2.0.1 and takes up only 144MB of storage space, compared to the 300MB of disk space required by the full version of the office suite. But 144MB is still too big, considering that many USB sticks only store 256MB, according to Gary Barnett, a research director at analyst firm Ovum.
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Member since:2005-07-07
144MB is huge.
Applications are getting so large and not doing that much more that is useful.
What does OpenOffice do that warrents 144MB?
I remember going my word processing in 1990 in wordprefect on an IBM XT. Has text changed that much?
OpenOffice is not just a wordprocessor. It's a whole office suite. Did your 1990 version of wordperfect have a spreadsheet, a vector drawing program, a presentation program, and a database? Did it open word files and other office files? I didn't think so. Openoffice is there to replace MS Office, wordperfect cannot do that. If you want a small, standalone word processor then use Abiword.
Member since:2005-08-28
On the other hand, even if you HAD all these things (my family mostly did: OfficeWriter 6.2, SuperCalc 5, Tandy Deskmate's Draw and database programs) your computer probably only HAD 20 MB of space...
I suspect the difference is in the linking and the GUI and the attempt to put pictures and lots of formatting everywhere.
Member since:2005-12-31
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2005-08-17
144MB is huge.
Applications are getting so large and not doing that much more that is useful.
What does OpenOffice do that warrents 144MB?
I remember going my word processing in 1990 in wordprefect on an IBM XT. Has text changed that much?
- Jesse McNelis