[Gllug] Interesting article on the MS monopoly

[Bruce Richardson]

On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 12:12:48AM +0100, Garry wrote:
> I find it embarrasing to note that most Open Source apps that run on XP,
> notably OO and Mozilla, boot and run much quicker than on Linux.

On Linux, these apps use a host of shared libraries.  The Windows
versions will likely have much more statically linked in.  For OO on
Linux, you can boost the loading speed using prelink.


-- 
Bruce

It is impolite to tell a man who is carrying you on his shoulders that
his head smells.
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