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

[Uwe Dippel <udippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Colin Charles wrote:

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

My gripe isn't about this. You want to add a database; you happen to 
have one available, with the correct licence, you take it. User wants to 
use it, user has to have JRE.

This isn't exactly great, but we understand.

My gripe is about the widgets. JAVA should be removed instead of 
inserted in this area.
We've had bad comments on wizardry being non-functional; plenty of error 
messages ... .

> Use an open source JRE

The message is, this won't work fully.
It gives a headache to Open Source on the desktop; be it on W32 or any 
place else, because (SUN)JRE isn't something that is readily available 
(on the individual machine). And worse: nothing readily distributable.

One might think, some SUNies are suicidal. Since I know that they are no 
dummies: what else ?

Uwe


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