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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. Re:the 'good enough' argument by fartmasterB · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Lots of people say that this doesn't matter; as long as OO.o works well, who cares about what free or un-free components it uses. The article does an excellent job outlining the real issues here.

    Why would anyone read the article when they can just read the headline and make wise-ass comments?

  2. Re:Talk about exaggeration... by gardyloo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You're getting an office suite, which, while it admittedly isn't perfect, it's definately the best *value* out there.

    *cough*
    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/28/192323 1&tid=185&tid=201&tid=133