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OpenOffice 2.0 Criticized on Use of Java

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the right-tool-vs-right-tool dept.

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."

4 of 805 comments (clear)

  1. Pronounciation by kjeldor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Hello, this is Linus Torvalds, and I pronounce Torvalds as Trovalds!"

  2. Two months ago called by DeepCerulean · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it wants its article back

  3. Boo Hoo!!! by maloi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    *wipes tears from eyes*

  4. Re:It's not GPL'ed either! by Shaklee39 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    paid