OpenOffice.org Bloatware?

[Jack]

--- Jim Herrmann wrote:

> Leo Mauler wrote:
> 
> > 
> >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...):
> >  
> >
> My new Kubuntu installation uses a JRE from the Free
> Software Foundation 
> in OOo.  I'm pretty sure that would not be license
> encumbered.

I don't know why people are so concerned about Java,
or surprised to find java code in Openoffice. It's
sort of like being upset when someon includes PHP in a
php
shoppingcart application. Openoffice was written by
Java coders from Sun, people tend to reuse code
they've written for other application when writing new
ones. I also have never seen anything so restricvtive
in Java licensing. Sure it's not as open as GPL, so
what? There are GPL Java RE versions out there. Use
one of them if you are so against Java licensing.
Only, be aware these are not as well supported and
functional ... yet. 
All this attacking those bearing gifts is a bit over
the top. Someone makes a really sophisticated office
application, albeit a bit heavy on resources,
available for free (as in beer and as in speech), and
what thanks do they? I'd like to see someon else write
such a sophisticated app and do it in a less resource
intensive way. It's not easy write a million lines of
code and do it in a way that is the most efficient.
While Koffice is great, there are things OO can do
that aren't possible to do in KWord or in MS Word for
that matter.