> > But I hear from the usual unreliable sources that OpenOffice is > > written in Java. So if OpenOffice is part of Fedora it seems to me its > > a Fedora problem also. There is no question in my experience that an > > installation of everything thing in the FC3 (or even FC2) > > distribution) leads to a bloated system. And saying XP systems after > > SP2 are also bloated does not make me feel better. > > I haven't heard that OO is written in Java. Even if it is - one third-party > application does not make the whole distro suck. What a bunch of stupid crap, of course OO isn't written in Java, you don't have to have Java installed to use it, so how could it be written in Java. I wish this thread would DIE.