This was resolved with a fix in Apache OpenOffice Version 3.3 As reported in Issue 115180, latest Java 6u22 delivered via MacOS software update end of October 2010, breaks the Java configuration in OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 and earlier. OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 and earlier are unable to find the new Java. For all who are interested, there is now a preview release bug fixed version of the involved libraries