John W. Kennedy wrote: > Chad Smith wrote: > >> OpenOffice.org could run just fine on Mac OS 9 if it was ported to that OS. >> If you can run OOo on OS/2 - then Mac OS 9 can handle it. > > This simply isn't true. The fact that a good many older programs, of the > same vintage as Windows 2 or Windows 3, can work on MacOS 9 does not > mean that a far more recent program can. OOo requires an operating > system with approximately the same facilities as Unix, and MacOS 9 is > not such a system. OS/2, like MacOS X, is.
Of course OOo could run on Mac OS9 if anybody would develop a port for it. An early OOo predecessor, StarOffice 3, had a MAC version (though I'm don't remember if it was sold or not). That was roughly ten years ago and so I have no doubt that a MAC OS9 version of OOo would be possible if anybody had enough interest for it and created a port for it. Obviously that's not the case. Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
