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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 killjoe · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "At all costs. What else is there?"

    Security, stability, cost, ease of use, ease of deployment, freedom from vendor lock, ethics. Those are a few just off the top of my head.

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    evil is as evil does