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Although I'm aware that there are several language bindings for UNO (e.g. C++/Java/OpenOffice Basic), they are all very terse and I find annoying to work with. Even the Basic scripting language used ...

Previously OpenOffice.org used Sun's Java Media Framework to play back audio and video in documents. It seemed to work well for a while, but as time went on Java became more outdated. So, developers ...

Sun Microsystems and Google plan to announce a collaborative effort that some analysts speculate could elevate the profile of the OpenOffice.org and Java software packages. Details won't emerge ...

Sun will now include the Google Toolbar as an option in the desktop version of its Java runtime environment. Google and Sun have also agreed to “explore opportunities to promote and enhance Sun ...

Collaborative effort could raise the profile of OpenOffice.org and Java software--and perhaps bolster Google's challenge to Microsoft. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Multiyear partnership will develop and distribute Google Toolbar, Java, OpenOffice and OpenSolaris--and Google will buy lots more Sun servers. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Sun Microsystems and Google announced a multiyear partnership Tuesday to help spread and develop each other's software, a deal that includes OpenOffice.org, Java and OpenSolaris ...

Sun's announcement that it would be releasing Java under the GNU GPL confounded many of its critics (including myself) who had feared that the company was incapable of making such a bold move. Quite ...

What I've never quite understood is, given Oracle's mindset and history, why the hell haven't they screwed up VirtualBox completely? They were not good custodians of Solaris, Java, OpenOffice... yet, ...