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:Mad Penguin: Java in OpenOffice.org: Proprietary Trap or Creative Commons?
Mad Penguin: Java in OpenOffice.org: Proprietary Trap or Creative Commons?
Apr 28, 2005, 13 :45 UTC (31 Talkback[s]) (9346 reads)

(Other stories by Christian Einfeldt)

[ Thanks to SilentBob4 for this link. ]

"No article or series of articles could cover anything as big as the OOo 2.0 release, and this article won't try. Instead, this article is going to look at one narrow theme, albeit an important one: The increased role that Java plays in this new OOo 2.0 release.

"The debate about this issue has been well summarized in a 2005/3/28 NewsForge article by Bruce Byfield, who is a regular contributor to the on-line NewsForge magazine and a power-user of OpenOffice.org, so there is no reason to repeat Bruce's good work here. Also, the OpenOffice.org discuss list archives are easily available to read, and a nice thread of only 28 posts supplements Bruce's article with some community voices on the topic..."

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They won't shut up!  Always spewing  ...   I am so sick of Sun   
Bill Mason
Apr 28, 2005, 16:59:22
 
Sometimes the issue isn't whether or ...   Sun JRE not always allowed   
James E LaBarre
Apr 28, 2005, 17:10:59
 
Sun has already received 900 million as  ...   When Microsoft (finishes) buying Sun   
David D. Huff Jr.
Apr 28, 2005, 17:56:53
 
Bill Gate will be very happy to seen tha ...   RE : SUN, you do a good job   
History
Apr 28, 2005, 17:58:35
 
What really amazes me is why many in the ...   OO and Java   
paul
Apr 28, 2005, 18:04:40
 
> So please tell me, why is there the co ...   Re: OO and Java   
Bill Mason
Apr 28, 2005, 18:46:53
 
The sooner SUN goes under - and Open Off ...   The sooner Sun goes under . . .   
epaminondas
Apr 28, 2005, 18:48:16
 
> They won't shut up!  Always spewin ...   Re: I am so sick of Sun   
ac
Apr 28, 2005, 18:54:03
 
> Sometimes the issue isn't whether  ...   Re: Sun JRE not always allowed   
ac
Apr 28, 2005, 18:57:11
 
> Have you seen Sun try to promote *anyt ...   Re: When Microsoft (finishes) buying Sun   
ac
Apr 28, 2005, 19:02:11
 
> Sun has already received 900 million a ...   Re: When Microsoft (finishes) buying Sun   
hindenburg
Apr 28, 2005, 19:09:59
 
The nature and quality of the attacks on ...   WARNING: Anti-Sun Zealotry Out-of-Control   
ac
Apr 28, 2005, 19:15:03
 
Without Sun !=Open Office. So the beef h ...   Paul, here's why...   
GreyGeek
Apr 28, 2005, 19:44:06
 
> What really amazes me is why many in t ...   Re: OO and Java   
DDahl
Apr 28, 2005, 20:19:29
 
Have you seen Sun try to promote *anythi ...   Re: Re: When Microsoft (finishes) buying Sun   
David D. Huff Jr.
Apr 28, 2005, 20:58:48
 
WARNING - Some people will call you a ze ...   Can't win with logic, call them names   
David D. Huff Jr.
Apr 28, 2005, 21:02:29
 
> > Sometimes the issue isn't whethe ...   Re: Re: Sun JRE not always allowed   
Rainer Weikusat
Apr 28, 2005, 21:22:31
 
> The irrational level of hatred for Sun ...   Re: WARNING: Anti-Sun Zealotry Out-of-Control   
joe bob
Apr 28, 2005, 23:40:27
 
I see that a lot of people loath Sun and ...   Kaffe-GPL'ed Clean Room Java   
gee dunno
Apr 29, 2005, 00:33:45
 
> Bzzt ... wrong stop: The people doing  ...   Re: Re: Re: Sun JRE not always allowed   
Anil Wang
Apr 29, 2005, 00:36:50
 
For those of us who simly just got tired ...   Sun Bloggers   
Ping-Wu Zhang
Apr 29, 2005, 00:37:24
 
 For those of us who simly just got tire ...   Re: Sun Bloggers   
GreyGeek
Apr 29, 2005, 02:08:20
 
Anil:A screenshot of an OO.o beta runnin ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Sun JRE not always allowed   
rickmoen
Apr 29, 2005, 02:29:11
 
> If your business chooses not run Sun&# ...   Re: Re: Sun JRE not always allowed   
James E LaBarre
Apr 29, 2005, 03:27:44
 
If some users do not like Java, they can ...   OOo can be used with GCJ   
Finalzone
Apr 29, 2005, 06:35:07
 
 But OpenOffice 2.0 *does* support free  ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Sun JRE not always allowed   
Ookaze BioACobol
Apr 29, 2005, 10:17:49
 
>>> Have you seen Sun try to promote *an ...   Re: Re: Re: When Microsoft (finishes) buying Sun   
ac
Apr 29, 2005, 14:32:36
 
Sun's Jekyll & Hyde attitude towards ...   Sun Should Dual License Java   
ac
Apr 29, 2005, 14:52:32
 
> > If your business chooses not run Sun ...   Re: Re: Re: Sun JRE not always allowed   
dkr
Apr 29, 2005, 16:15:07
 
The second poster perfectly examplified  ...   Re: Re: Sun Bloggers   
Ping-Wu Zhang
Apr 29, 2005, 17:16:44
 
> The second poster perfectly examplifie ...   Re: Re: Re: Sun Bloggers   
DDahl
Apr 30, 2005, 04:02:09
 
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