Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-31 Thread Bruce Byfield
Anders Breindahl wrote: Hello list. I follow up on this discussion, now as the article's been released. Here it may be found: http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244&tid=93 I think this article is very well-written. I also am satisfied with your quoting of me. However, the c

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-30 Thread Matt Price
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 04:36:34PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (30/03/05 16:16), Anders Breindahl wrote: > > Hello list. I follow up on this discussion, now as the article's been > > released. Here it may be found: > > http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244&tid=93 > Good

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-30 Thread Clive Menzies
On (30/03/05 16:16), Anders Breindahl wrote: > Hello list. I follow up on this discussion, now as the article's been > released. Here it may be found: > http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244&tid=93 Good article! >From a parochial point of view, I share the concerns expresse

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-30 Thread Anders Breindahl
Hello list. I follow up on this discussion, now as the article's been released. Here it may be found: http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/22/204244&tid=93 I think this article is very well-written. I also am satisfied with your quoting of me. However, the comments on NewsForge rai

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-07 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Am Sonntag, 6. März 2005 04:20 schrieb Bruce Byfield: > Rene Engelhard wrote: > > This is my comment. Probably not suitable for a official quote but the > > comment of one of the two maintainers. > > Would you mind being quoted, or at least cited as the source? Your > comments will be a good e

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-06 Thread eric.bachard
Hi, I'm a bit out of topic, but I think I can give some elements of answer... Josh Triplett a écrit : Bruce Byfield wrote: And if anyone on the Debian OpenOffice Team would care to make other comments, I'd appreciate hearing them, by all means. I'm not a Debian maintainer, but I do builds for Linu

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Josh Triplett
Bruce Byfield wrote: > I'm working on an article about the decision to use Java in > OpenOffice.org. The article will include both positive and negative > opinions, and talk about how it affects repackagers of OOo, and how they > are planning on handling the situation. > > If possible, I'd like to

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
Rene Engelhard wrote: This is my comment. Probably not suitable for a official quote but the comment of one of the two maintainers. Would you mind being quoted, or at least cited as the source? Your comments will be a good example of the problems that the situation causes. To put it mildly, it so

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
Anders Breindahl wrote: P. S.: Bruce, would you post a link to me, when you're done with your article? I'll write to the debian-openoffice list when it appears. However, in case I forget, the article is being done for Newsforge, and I plan on finishing it within the week. That probably means that

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Anders Breindahl
Hi Rene and others, I truly concur. I find it increasingly worrying that Sun to some extent considers Java to be okay for a Free office-suite. I also spot the commercial interest that Sun might have, and I think that this makes OOo less optimal for the Free Software community -- including Debi

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Bruce Byfield wrote: > If possible, I'd like to get a quote about how Debian plans to respond. > By putting together a Java-free package? By using a free implementation This is what we currently do for 1.1.x. > of Java? By some other means? Since Debian is a distribution that is That's w

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Sam Hiser
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 19:50 -0500, David A. Cobb wrote: > Bruce Byfield wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > I'm working on an article about the decision to use Java in > > OpenOffice.org. The article will include both positive and negative > > opinions, and talk about how it affects repackagers of OOo, and h

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-04 Thread David A. Cobb
Bruce Byfield wrote: Hi: I'm working on an article about the decision to use Java in OpenOffice.org. The article will include both positive and negative opinions, and talk about how it affects repackagers of OOo, and how they are planning on handling the situation. If possible, I'd like to get a qu

Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-04 Thread Bruce Byfield
Hi: I'm working on an article about the decision to use Java in OpenOffice.org. The article will include both positive and negative opinions, and talk about how it affects repackagers of OOo, and how they are planning on handling the situation. If possible, I'd like to get a quote about how Debian

Re: java and openoffice.org 1.0-3

2002-05-09 Thread Jan-Hendrik Palic
Hi Again! On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 02:17:01PM -0400, Jack Howarth wrote: > Now that I have the font issue sorted out I decided to >test the latest debian ppc jdk packages that Stephen Zander >released... > >deb http://people.debian.org/~gibreel/debian sid main non-free >deb-src http://people.d

java and openoffice.org 1.0-3

2002-05-08 Thread Jack Howarth
Hello, Now that I have the font issue sorted out I decided to test the latest debian ppc jdk packages that Stephen Zander released... deb http://people.debian.org/~gibreel/debian sid main non-free deb-src http://people.debian.org/~gibreel/debian sid main non-free He used a new build of j2sd