Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-30 Thread CPHennessy
On Saturday 30 April 2005 05:20, Peter Kupfer OOo wrote: > CPHennessy wrote: > > On Tuesday 26 April 2005 09:10, + Jack Marxer wrote: > >> [ MODERATED ] > >>Please stop using Java as part of Open Office. It is not free software > >> and makes it less likely that Open Office it

Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-29 Thread Peter Kupfer OOo
CPHennessy wrote: On Tuesday 26 April 2005 09:10, + Jack Marxer wrote: [ MODERATED ] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office. It is not free software and makes it less likely that Open Office itself will remain free. Hi Jack, Thanks for you opinions. We look forward to

Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-26 Thread Daniel Carrera
Eric Hines wrote: It occurs to me that the concern refers to the JRE error that often occurs when the OOo installation can't find a Java Runtime Environment as it opens on being invoked. IIRC, the JRE is freely available from Sun No, read Jack's email. He is not talking about "free beer" softwa

Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-26 Thread Eric Hines
At 04/26/05 14:56, you wrote: On Tuesday 26 April 2005 09:10, + Jack Marxer wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Please stop using Java as part of Open Office. It is not free software and > makes it less likely that Open Office itself will remain free. Hi Jack, Thanks for you opinions.

Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-26 Thread CPHennessy
On Tuesday 26 April 2005 09:10, + Jack Marxer wrote: > [ MODERATED ] > Please stop using Java as part of Open Office. It is not free software and > makes it less likely that Open Office itself will remain free. Hi Jack, Thanks for you opinions. We look forward to your repla

Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-26 Thread Pavel Janík
From: "Jack Marxer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:10:13 +0200 > Please stop using Java as part of Open Office. It is not free > software and makes it less likely that Open Office itself will remain > free. We do not care about Open Office at all anyway. If you wan

Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-26 Thread Daniel Carrera
Alexandro Colorado wrote: Actually this is called the Java-Trap which is, if you code in Java at least build it under GCJ or a free libraries from Java and not on a proprietary platform (Sun, IBM, MS, BEA). Well, I know. But I try to play devil's advocate :-) It's important to point out the cont

Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-26 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Actually this is called the Java-Trap which is, if you code in Java at least build it under GCJ or a free libraries from Java and not on a proprietary platform (Sun, IBM, MS, BEA). This is basically because it automatically make it incompatible with the Free software since even if it's GPL it is de

Re: [discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-26 Thread Daniel Carrera
Hello Jack, Thank you for your input. Have you investigated this issue? Do you actually know in which way OpenOffice.org might or might not be using to Java? Incidentally, I am using OpenOffice.org right now without using Java. I would be happy to discuss this further if you have specific comment

[discuss] Please stop using Java as part of Open Office

2005-04-26 Thread Jack Marxer
Please stop using Java as part of Open Office. It is not free software and makes it less likely that Open Office itself will remain free.