On Wed, April 13, 2005 12:30 pm, Jack said:
--- Jeremy Turner wrote:
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 01:07:43PM -0500, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
It's my understanding that oo2 no longer runs on Linux, but requires Java instead.
So you can do things like type and print, but getting into more complex features would require a JRE.
So it appears that oo has decided to use Java for functions somewhat like MS Offices uses Visual Basic. "Document Wizards" are a Microsoftian evil, but some amount of macro scripting is useful for things like invoice systems.
One I don't see why using java is an issue. Java runs fine on Linux. Yeah I know all the *Evil Sun* issues.
Anyway from what I understand the "free JREs" don't necessarily work well with OO.
I'm no license nazi - the problem is just that, which Java do you install? Sun? IBM? Does a free "JRE" include all of the components that OO expects? Do I need a JRE, a JVM, or a JDK? It is a whole OS, if one is to believe the "virtual machine" terminology they use, and I object to having to maintain an entire OS for one or two applications. Choosing, installing, and maintaining a Java distribution to support a single app is a bit like installing Microsoft Office Professional to edit a one-page text file, if there were multiple versions of Office to choose from.