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Java Fallout: OO.o 2.0 and the FOSS Community

Posted by timothy on from the secret-source-infrastructure dept.

Joe Barr writes "Bruce Byfield has an interesting look at the 'fallout' between OpenOffice.org and the free/open source software communities because of their reliance on Java in the latest release. As he says, "It seems a decision based largely on practical considerations -- and with a disregard for the consequences for both the rest of the free and open source software (FOSS) communities and the future of OpenOffice.org itself." This is an issue that is not going away."

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  1. Easy Solution by bigtallmofo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just re-write everything in Visual Basic. That should make FOSS advocates happy.

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  2. How dare they! by grahamlee · · Score: 5, Funny
    It seems a decision based largely on practical considerations

    Silly open source developers - putting practicality and pragmatism above more important things like dyed-in-the-wool political viewpoints. Next you'll be telling me they're all off using these newbie Linux systems, rather than diligently waiting for HURD to stabilise like they're supposed to. Tch.

  3. Re:the 'good enough' argument by DogDude · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft said the same thing, relegating security and stability, but that's now come back to bite them in the ass.

    If you call being the largest software company in the known universe, and one of the greatest financial successes of our generation being bitten in the ass, then I hope that I'm bitten in the ass, too. Oh God, please, something or someone bite me in the ass!

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  4. Great acronym by subStance · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heheh - I love that the acronym would become FOO.org. That ought to win over the geek crowd at least.

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