[openbeos] Re: [OT] OpenOffice, Java and GlassElevator

It should be in the FAQs that we are not developing any language related
technology, be it Java, .Net, Perl, or anything else.
I think that a large number of projects for BeOS/OBOS are good things.
But most of them have nothing to do with core OS things. Ditto browsers,
office suites (in general), etc. 

>Hello,
>
>sorry for posting this here on the list, but the "mailing list" link on the 
>Glass Elevator website is broken and thus I don't know how to join the 
>list. Someone who has access to it: please forward this there, thanks.
>
>
>Today, heise online wrote in a news feature that Sun and Apple are going to 
>co-develop a Java version of OpenOffice, scheduled for the end of the year 
>(http://heise.de/newsticker/data/se-28.07.02-002/ and 
>http://news.com.com/2100-1001-946714.html).
>
>Given the often-repeated argument that BeOS needed an office suite for 
>becoming really wide-spread, that might be an argument to dedicate time and 
>"manpower" to the development of an up-to-date Java compiler and VM for the 
>BeOS. It would have to replace the Jikes/BeKaffe combination that AFAIR 
>only supports Java 1.1 properly. This might be more efficient than 
>developing a BeOS native office suite because there are quite some useful 
>Java applications out there that would run, too.
>
>But because of the great amount of work, it would need an entire 
>development / documentation team that wouldn't be able to work on the 
>actual OS. I don't think BeKaffe developers could do all of this job - the 
>project seems dead and there were not too many people on it anyway. This 
>would hava to be organized similarly to the work on the various kits is 
>now.
>
>
>  Jürgen
>
>
>

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