Found this by Bit-twister in the alt.os.linux.mandriva newsgroup today.
FYI: speedup Open Office launch
http://www.fewt.com/2010/06/speed-up-open-office.html
I already had the JRE set and it only took a few seconds
to come up but after I did the adjustments, magic
numbers, in the configuration options. OO Write appeared nearly
instantaneously.
later
bliss