>> "Make use of" is not the same as "require". Fact is that older
>> versions made the same use of Java that current versions do, but
>> it's not required and never was. See:
>> http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Java_and_OpenOffice.org

> Strange, since the first line of the link you post reads this, Andreas
>>Java is required for complete OpenOffice.org functionality

Not strange at all. Java is not required to run OpenOffice.org. I used it to write my master's thesis and for that didn't rely on any functionality requiring Java. Thus, "complete OpenOffice.org functionality" is something I think most people can live without.