Re: [ossig] Rising Controversy in OpenOffice + Java Issue

[Uwe Dippel <udippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mukhsein Johari wrote:

> Read the article here:
> http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/03/22/204244.shtml?tid=93

Oh, was waiting for someone to bring it up. Might be 'our' earth quake'.
Am quite frustrated and disappointed; such a loss; whatever happens. SUN 
- as much as I adore them - knows how to screw up. One day they'll fall.

My worries are not about that database being in JAVA. That's fine. 
Whatever they like and have available. But they introduce Java into the 
'skeleton' of OpenOffice, unnecessarily. Like for wizards and templates 
*and reduce the normal functionalities if you don't use JAVA*.
So what we'll see, I guess, will be a fork. Re-inventing the wheel.
Stupid stupid SUN. Instead of opensourcing JAVA with this, they close 
OpenOffice features to non-JAVA.

Yes, I won't work for a fork, but I'll use one, without JAVA. And not 
because I hated JAVA, like it, and not because it is said to be slow.
Simply because of not wanting to be locked in to a vendor (SUN) and 
their twists and turns.

Very very sad,

Uwe


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