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OO.o2 uses Java

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  • 04-04-2005 2:49pm
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    Orion
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    http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/03/22/204244.shtml?tid=93

    Interesting and well written article about this. Not to sure where I stand myself on it. It does mean that OO is no longer completely Open Source but functionality it more important to me. I use OO1 because it does everything I want it to do so why spend money on MSOffice. On the other hand I have some proprietary software on my box because I haven't found a free alternative (yet).


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    They need Java for the available dB at present
    Open source Java status http://gcc.gnu.org/java/status.html

    So if another dB was available OR there is an open source java in future , or if SUN changes license then it's all open source again.

    Would have to agree that functionality is important, but I don't see it as a lock in as there are several routes to getting it to pure open source again so it should be an acceptable temporary comprimise.


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    L1011
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    So did OO.o 1.x. Its not *required* (I'm using OO.o 1.x on PPC Linux, without the halfarsed Sun Java 1.3 that Blackdown ported). Also, with GCC4, GCJ and GNU Classpath are able to support a *lot* more of OO.o's features, and OO.o 2.0 respects this and lets you use some more gubbins.

    The media playback, etc, still really needs a Sun JVM though. And Sun may still OSS their own JVM...


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