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

[Colin Charles <byte@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 21:16 -0800, Mukhsein Johari wrote:
> There's a recent article on newsforge about this
> issue. It seems many are up in arms about OOo 2.0's
> dependence on java. One component, the Base
> (Access-like db) is totally dependent on java.

Yes, hsqldb was chosen over libmysql - it was a dark day when said
decision came, alas, we stand behind it

Keeping in mind that MySQL AB wanted to change the license for libmysql
for OOo's use...

> Read the article here:
> http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/03/22/204244.shtml?tid=93
> 
> I'm not too fond of java myself (for various reasons)
> but if I _had_ to use it, I would. I'd just prefer not
> to, though.   

Use an open source JRE

> Maybe someone will do a gtk+ (and python/ruby) clone
> of OOo? (argh! reinvent the wheel!)

OOo is already GTK+ified (as well as Qt-ified, and Windows-ified) these
days, thanks to the Native Widget Framework

If someone wants to rewrite it in a saner language like C, by all means,
go ahead :) I'd actually prefer to hack on that...

/me goes back to breaking his build of OOo2
-- 
Colin Charles, byte@aeon.com.my
http://www.bytebot.net/
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, 
then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi


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