OpenOffice 2.0 Criticized on Use of Java

karvind writes "Yahoo is running a story on how OpenOffice 2.0 Faces Opposition over Its Use of Java. According the article: "The problem, according to some free software voices, is that OO.o relies too much on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s proprietary Java programming language in an open-source project. In particular, free software advocates are objecting to the use of Sun specific Java code for such OO.o 2.0 features as the new, Microsoft Access-like database management program, Base and Writer's (OO.o's word processor) document wizards." Linus Torvalds also moved to an open-source solution for software configuration management system."

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And what would be better?

[ShatteredDream]

Python which is slow, has a much smaller user base and far less consistent and well-documented standard library?

Perl whose readability for many coders is next to nothing?

C++ because we all know that more buffer overflows and random craziness is what OpenOffice needs to compete with Microsoft Office?

C# since 93-95% of the desktop users out there use Windows, why bother with the minority of others? (I actually quite like C# and am hopeful about Mono)

Ruby because a language that most coders have never even seen before is clearly the best way for a fresh start?

Objective-C because when Steve Jobs takes over the world, we'll need to be on his good side?

C, since objects really are overrated for anything that normal developers might want to maintain?

So seriously, of all of the major language choices, which would be better?

Re:Point of order...

[g051051]

The message you quote is from 1 Jul 2002, nearly 3 years ago. Do you have any current indication that com.sun.* classes are still in use?