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Splashscreen for OpenOffice.org 2.0 Wanted

Posted by michael on from the dead-or-alive dept.

An anonymous reader writes "From the OOo site: 'OpenOffice.org 2.0 is coming fast and it needs a new splashscreen. You can help. Send us your best by 10 December and it might be seen on the desktops of tens upon tens of millions next year.' For more information, visit the OpenOffice.org website."

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  1. More on Openoffice.org 2.0 by cortana · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Openoffice.org marketing site has more information about upcoming features in Openoffice.org 2.0.

  2. Re:What we need more (from a member of OOo Marketi by DrJonesAC2 · · Score: 2, Informative
    I have been giving away a compilation CD containing a slew of open source software including Firefox, Thunderbird, and Open Office. I have been doing this for about the last three years for christmas because I'm too poor to buy everyone a gift and it helps get the word out. This year I'm including a little Christmas RPG that I wrote in Java as well. I have found that many people are willing to give free software a chance if they don't have to download it and have someone that will answer questions for them. I suggest more people try this approach.

    I would also like to get feedback on if there would be interest in an ISO of the disk I give out. I would be more than willing to host it if there was interest.

  3. Judge 2.0 on it's own merits ... by oldosadmin · · Score: 3, Informative

    One of the #1 goals in OpenOffice.org 2.0 was to increase speed.

    Yes, we are a bit slow at times, but you also have to remember that we don't use OS hooks to help it load quicker. MSO, AbiWord, etc, all have integrated hooks to help it load faster (libs are already loaded).

    Try a developer snapshot of OOo 2.0, and then decide.

    --
    Jay | http://oldos.org
    1. Re:Judge 2.0 on it's own merits ... by Foolhardy · · Score: 3, Informative

      What integrated hooks are you referring to in MSO?

      MS Office has a program that (by default) loads at the same time as the shell does (after you log on) to precache binaries. This is the same thing that the OpenOffice.org Quickstarter does.

      The only other thing that MSO does to load faster is that it uses common libraries that other programs, like the shell, use (like for OLE and COM) instead of re-inventing the wheel; something that OO.org can't do heavily because it would make them too dependent on a single platform, whose libraries they are not free to distribute.

      What else could it be doing?
      Personally, I don't think either one starts very fast, but not intolerably slow either.

  4. Here you go by mr_tenor · · Score: 3, Informative

    The trademark for "OpenOffice" belongs to someone else.