On Mon, 5 May 2008 12:21:12 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:

> > 2 - how long does it take to compile openoffice-bin on a PC with 2 GB
> > Ram and a AMD Athlon-64 3200+ Processor?
>
> extremly long. So long that you have to start ooo several times a day
> for a year so that the saved startup time equalizes the time spent
> compiling it.

The times aren't comparable. I can sleep while OOo is compiling, it only
files like I have time to sleep when I click on an attachment in an email
and wait for it to load.

> If you are even able to. Openoffice is a bitch to compile. Even the
> slightest change might break the compilation. It really, really sucks.
> IMHO openoffice is a nice example for everything that is wrong.

No argument there :(


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