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Mad Penguin: Java in OpenOffice.org: Proprietary Trap or Creative Commons?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 28, 2005

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“No article or series of articles could cover anything as big as
the OOo 2.0 release, and this article won’t try. Instead, this
article is going to look at one narrow theme, albeit an important
one: The increased role that Java plays in this new OOo 2.0
release.

“The debate about this issue has been well summarized in a
2005/3/28 NewsForge article by Bruce Byfield, who is a regular
contributor to the on-line NewsForge magazine and a power-user of
OpenOffice.org, so there is no reason to repeat Bruce’s good work
here. Also, the OpenOffice.org discuss list archives are easily
available to read, and a nice thread of only 28 posts supplements
Bruce’s article with some community voices on the topic…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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