Openoffice is word processor, database and spreadsheet. Its applications are very limited without library os fonts, formats, spell checker and grammer checker and language translation.

But, how about visual basic, gtk2, gui design kits including Eclipse? The list is endless when you support Openoffice with cut and paste of anything dragged down from the internet.

How you systemized Openoffice to find and use data already existed in a library is creating an ultimate Openoffice. Object technology or models have to added too.

If the library included object models, can we have an engineering model to do paper research of windtunnel study of automobile and aeroplane designs. Many research projects can be done by computer modelling, instead of physical modelling.

It can boggle anyone's mind.

Computer modelling is the way research projects can be done to improve design. Lets take a look at improving Boeing 757 fuel economy.

We use openoffice word processing to define purpose and goal. We import Boeing 757 weight, shape and jet engine data into our database to be shared in our spread sheet. Then we use spread sheet to change all the data one increment at a time to get the optimum design.

Fortunately aeroplane design is basically frontal resistance, drag and lift. Boeing 757 looks good on frontal resistance for nose cone and front edge of wings, etc. Lift can be improved by lowering the center of the nose cone a little. Drag can be improved by delibrate turbulent flow to reduce lamillar flow friction. Small improvements can still be calculated.

But, GE jet engines need much improvement. The engineering models of fighter planes since korean war planes are scooped jet engine intake to reduce frontal resistance area. And jet engine exhaust has deflectors to increase or decrease jet engine exhaust velocity. So, spread sheet calculations of jet engine housing has to have jet flighter aircraft design model input. Side air scoop intake to reduce frontal resistance. Then in flight jet engine exhaust has to reduce the opening to increase fanned air velocity without changing jet engine rpm.

This design chnage based on fighter aircraft modeling of jet engine intake and exhaust design will increase 757 cruising speed and reduce fuel comsumption by reducing engine size.

As you can see, the trick is adding library(models, objects and execution by calculation in spread sheet) to Openoffice, and we have a perfect research tool. Spread sheet has been used at MIT for many years(over 100 years) to do all kinds of research.

Automobile fuel economy is also frontal resistance, drag and lift with small engines running maximum torgue(low compression ratio and low octane fuel) at 80 miles per hour to overcome hills. Engineering model is the Volkswagen Golf 1.8 liter diesel engine at 50 mile per gallon economy on US highway or cities, proven by six years of pleasure and wonderful experience.

Footnote:
Jet engines run at 50,000 rpm with fan to push air velocity to the top speed of the airplane. It does not have straight thru opening in a jet engine, so there are tremendous frontal resistance. Korean era fighter planes usually can only fly 550 knots per hour except aided by gravity from deep dive to get beyond the sound barrier. Once jet aircraft design change went to needle nose cone and side sccoped air intake, plane speed can go to 3000 knots per hour. So, fuel economy model has been well established, since then.

More footnote:
If we can use 1 million threads for openoffice spread sheet, how long do you think we need to redisgn the Boeing 757 for more fuel economy and lower the seat/mile cost for our travel?

The most footnote:
Linux applications are often too small a program for enterprise usage. Fortunately by using threads, spread sheets and database can be a single line per thread. Then collated into 10, 25, 50, or 100 line pages. So, real time operating system often can compensate the lack of depth by single line entry items then collated into pages.