[ Thanks to Marco
for this link. ]
“In OpenOffice.org (OO.o), extra features and extensions can be
distributed inside OO.o files or packaged in their own,
cross-platform format. Many members of the OO.o community would
like to see a full-blown extension installer fully integrated into
the program. Most GNU/Linux distributors, however, see this and
other non-native, application-specific installers (from the CPAN
shell to the one for Firefox extensions) just as a ’cause of much
annoyance and grief.’“GNU/Linux distributions are each based on a single software
management database with one update model and one standard user
interface…”