On 11/13/06, Kurt Granroth wrote: > > Joshua Zeidner wrote: > > Open Office is Java based. I use it regularly on Windows. What makes > > you say that OO only runs on X11? > > For the record, Open Office is *not* Java based and it never was. It is > written in C++ and has been since the StarOffice days. It has an > optional ability to integrate with Java for something or other. > Plugins, I think. I never remember. In any event, the key word there > is "optional". You don't need Java at all to run Open Office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org#Java_controversy That's an *extremely* common misconception, though. It was "common > knowledge" even back in the StarOffice days, years ago. I never knew > were that came from. Maybe because StarOffice/OpenOffice is so bloated > and slow and because it can use Java, people assumed it was written with > Java? > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- JOSHUA M. ZEIDNER IT Consultant ++power; ++perspective; ++possibilities; ( 602 ) 490 8006 jjzeidner@gmail.com