On Wed, Jan 18, 2006, E L wrote about "Re: OpenOffice 2 CD's":
> The problem with open office is different IMOH, once it is an openoffice cd
> and the openoffice
> itself is heavily depended on non free techonology it seems weird to me to
> support such a cd.
I have a "she'elat tam". Does OpenOffice actually depend on Java? For doing
what? Oh my system, I deliberately did not install Java for several years,
but used OpenOffice just fine. What kind of fabulous functionality was I
missing?
Openoffice 1 wasn't at all, Openoffice 2 is. (like effects in slides)
Note that Fedora Core, for example, and probably most Linux distributions, do
not distribute Sun's Java, but do distribute OpenOffice. What are they losing
by doing that? Or are they using some sort of free Java alternative, or
something?
They are using some sort of java alternative, if I remember right FC actualy compiles
openoffice to native code using gcc, what saves a lot on running time. But I think also gcj will work.
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