OpenOffice 2.0 Criticized on Use of Java 805
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."
Re:It's not GPL'ed either! (Score:1, Funny)
Probably some Linux zealot that likes to troll message boards.
Re:It's not GPL'ed either! (Score:3, Funny)
He's an imposter! A bad one at that. This has got to be microsoft FUD designed to scare people away from free solutions and back to their lovely products......(Microsoft Access-like database management program?)
Don't believe any of it. MS fud machine must have been freshly greased just for this one.
AGHHHHHHHH! WHERE'S MY TINFOIL HAT?????
Re:If you'll pardon my French (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Couldn't have said it better myself. (Score:2, Funny)
-Jesse
Re:If you'll pardon my French (Score:1, Funny)
Solution, dont use as much Java
Nice evasion of the issue there.
Re:And what would be better? (Score:2, Funny)
EMACS
Re:If you'll pardon my French (Score:3, Funny)
Re:And what would be better? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's not GPL'ed either! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's not GPL'ed either! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And what would be better? (Score:5, Funny)
Also, I would like a chicken sandwich and a girlfriend.
Re:And what would be better? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's not GPL'ed either! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:If you'll pardon my French (Score:3, Funny)
Soylent Java is made of Classes!