-------- Missatge original -------- Assumpte: [Marketing] OOo and Java Data: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:27:22 +0800 De: Jacqueline McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Respon a: [email protected] A: [email protected]
Java fallout: OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the FOSS community Monday March 28, 2005 (12:00 PM GMT) By: Bruce Byfield http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244&tid=93
"Several new features of the recently released OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta require a Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Since Java's license is neither free nor open source, a small but vocal minority has responded both strongly and negatively."
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"While some OpenOffice.org members expressed concern about Java being used at all, most accepted the argument that these features did not affect core functionality, and were of interest to only a small minority of users.
OpenOffice.org leaders are still making this argument about version 2.0. However, in version 2.0, the dependence on Java has grown. In addition to the Java-dependent features in earlier versions, 2.0 requires a JRE for:
* Base, the new Access-like database application * The media player, which adds movie and sound clips to documents * Mail merges to e-mail, which also require Java Mail * All document wizards in Writer
Although some could argue that basic office functionality continues to be unaffected, anyone claiming that most users do not need Java in 2.0 may be stretching the point."
Most of the comments added to the article are from Free Software advocates. One poster commented that he had XP and what did that mean, got short shrift.
The majority of our users (~70%) use OOo on a Windows platform. If the GNU/Linux distributions fork the development to continue to develop a non-Java version of OOo, they will not be addressing the needs of most of our users. Or will they?
There are many community members quoted in the article so it may be raised on [EMAIL PROTECTED] From a marketing pov how do or will you respond to the issues raised in the article and added as comments?
All the best Jacqueline McNally Lead, OpenOffice.org Marketing Project
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