NewsForge | Java fallout: OpenOffice.org 2.0 and the FOSS community: "...in version 2.0, the dependence on Java has grown. In addition to the Java-dependent features in earlier versions, 2.0 requires a JRE for:
* Base, the new Access-like database application
* The media player, which adds movie and sound clips to documents
* Mail merges to e-mail, which also require Java Mail
* All document wizards in Writer"