Writer Vs Word

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On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 22:45 +0000, Spruil wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:14:59 -0400, Pat Brown wrote:
> 
> > I was given a copy of Office 2007 and couldn't believe how horrible it
> > was. I hadn't really been tempted to switch from OO even for Office
> > 2000, but this was far worse than anything I'd seen before. You're
> > right, talk about a severe case of bloat. Honestly, how many average
> > users could possibly use a quarter of this stuff?
> 
> Bloat is the real problem. I have to admit I like MSO2007 in theory and I 
> quite like the UI, but as far as responsiveness, it's just glacial.
> 
> 
it didnt seem that slow when i used it last (i used it on a generic work
machine so it wasnt like i was running it on any type of super computer)
but i do have to admit that oo is much faster in responsiveness. I
remember waiting for ever just to bring up MSO2007.

--cj