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OpenOffice.org 2.0 Released
Da Massive writes "The official release of OpenOffice.org 2.0 has been pushed to the download servers, as of Thursday the 20th." From the article: "OpenDocument is an XML file format for saving office documents such as spreadsheets, memos, charts, and presentations. It was approved as an OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) standard at the beginning of this year. OpenDocument, set as a default in OpenOffice, is cited by proponents as a way of fighting vendor lock-in associated with proprietary formats. Already, it is the required office format for internal archives of the US State of Massachusetts." You can download, or read past coverage including a preview or a comparison with MS Office. Update: 10/20 17:22 GMT by Z : Made date reference more topical.
No. It doesn't have anything to do with your Duron 1200. It *is* slower than Office 2003. The lower the speed of your processor, the more pronouncable the difference will be -- but the reason OpenOffice is slower than Word 2003 isn't because of your Duron, unless AMD has somehow managed to pick out OpenOffice code and slow it down deliberately, on the silicon. :)
I used to think Linux was cool -- then I turned 14.
I can't be sure that I'm down with that. Sounds like it has too much to do with emasculation. /knows what emacs is //likes vi better