[101094] in RedHat Linux List
Re: How will Netscape/AOL Merger Affect Us?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lloyd Sumpter)
Tue Nov 24 15:44:59 1998
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 12:29:02 -0800 (PST)
From: Lloyd Sumpter <Lloyd.Sumpter@BCHydro.bc.ca>
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On 24-Nov-98 Patrick wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Lloyd Sumpter wrote:
>
>> Requiring 32 MB is OK if that's the only program you're running (true,
>> most
>> of us have at least 32 MB these days). But try running at the same time as,
>> say, Star Office, gimp, x-emacs, gcc, and gnu-chess (as I often do!), and
>> see
>> how well it runs!
>
> Well, some of this isn't quite fair. StarOffice is, itself, incredibly
> bloated with it OWN web browser, email client, and newsreader. It WOULD
> be nice if Netscape and StarDivision (and others, for that matter) made
> MODULAR software so that I could install JUST the wordprocessor and
> graphics components but skip the stuff I don't need or don't want. If
> that was done, then the apps would not automatically be extra bloated.
>
Well said! Yes, I'm flaming Star Office on linux-apps as well. I'm starting
my own campaign: the Campaign Against Bloated Code (CABC?). To join, send $5 to:
Campaign Against Bloated Code
P.O Box 1242
Vancouver, BC, CANADA
(To the humour Impaired - this is a joke)
Yes, even my beloved emacs has a newsreader and mailreader. Yuk.
Good point about the Modular Software, though. But isn't that what
"plug-ins" are supposed to be doing in Netscape?
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