[GeronL]

Didn’t Star Office the proprietary version allow the user to create java (or something) animation very easily?

Which they obviously did not allow to go open source.

[markomalley]

Didn’t Star Office the proprietary version allow the user to create java (or something) animation very easily?

They may have...I remember it when it was free and then became O-O. They may have developed a proprietary ("Star Office Pro" or the like) version, but I just don't remember it.