Mathias Bauer wrote:
So we invested quite some time for the JRE plugin framework solely(!) to support the integration of other JREs than the one we usually ship, and we did that only to support free[TM] ones. I think this pure fact should convince people that we are taking this serious and that we are interested in a good cooperation with developers that lean towards the free[TM] software movement.
Yes. I think that with the above, the OOo developers are doing well, and now we need to "market" this better. I've been responding to a lot of questions on Newsroge, LinuxToday and elswhere, and I'll try to put together some sort of Java FAQ page setting the record straight.
The rant I'm argueing against is the demonization of Java in general. I think *this* should stop. Even the guru (or pope if you prefer) of the free[TM] software movement is not against using Java - if the code runs with a free[TM] JRE. And we are willing to support that.
Which, incidentally, means that the FSF "pope" should not be demonized either (I'm not saying you did, but other people do). He's not really an unreasonable person, as shown just now.
OpenOffice.org is an OpenSource project. And instead of tearing each other apart the OpenSource projects and their developers should find ways to cooperate. It shouldn't be as in "Life Of Brian" where each liberation army sees the other ones as their biggest enemies - and not the Roman Empire. ;-)
:-)
Cheers, Daniel.
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