--- Jason Clinton [email protected] wrote:
On Saturday 29 October 2005 12:36 pm, Leo Mauler wrote:
Here's a question: just what does OOo use Java for? If its something most people don't use, then I'd feel better about turning off Java (like the article suggests).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openoffice#Java_controversy
Oh great. Any FOSS CD with OpenOffice.org on it would need a non-FOSS Java installer on it too for a lot of things (and I presume that Java has restrictive redistribution licensing...):
* Parts of the Base application * The media player * Mail merge to e-mail (requires Java Mail) * All document wizards in Writer * Accessibility tools * Report Autopilot * JDBC driver support * XSLT filters * BeanShell, the NetBeans scripting language, and the Java UNO bridge * Export filters to the Aportis.doc (.pdb) format for the Palm OS or Pocket Word (.psw) format for the Pocket PC
I find it somewhat reprehensible that the Accessibility tools require Java, as if it wasn't already going to be processor and memory intensive to allow people with disabilities to use the office suite.
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