Benjamin Huot wrote: That is true, but it is open source and has all the features of the latest version.
This would be debatable. If NeoOffice.org were truely OpenSource, we could use their code in OpenOffice.org, but due to the GPL, we cannot. I have used the OpenOffice.org X11 version for several months, but it is much harder to use as it doesn't release caps lock until you hit it a specific number of times, and the keyboard shortcuts for cutting and pasting are not correct for OS X. These are fixed. You can use the Cntrl and Command keys as you wish and actually should be able to assign them as needed. It is very difficult to manage the windows as OS X treats the entire X-windows as one application. This is a fault of Apple's use of X11 and not OpenOffice.org's problem. If you don't like this, tell Apple. I work with UNIXes on a daily basis and this problem exists there too (if you use raw X11 and not an interface like Gnome or KDE.) It is not a true port and the interface is not right for the Mac and limits the ability of average people to use it. Again, this could be debated. It is a port that works on the Mac. Because it does not comply with the Apple HIG does not make/unmake whether it is or is not a port. This NeoOffice version is very stable and works great. Just because they call it by another name and the interface is done by another developer is no reason to tell people not to use it. I'm telling the truth. NeoOffice.org is the effort of two people. If they were to give up on it (and this was seriously contemplated earlier this year), the project would die. This has happened to other projects that I have worked with. OpenOffice.org enjoys the support of not only Sun, but many other companies. Obviously the OpenOffice.org developers don't consider the Mac platform to be important. And not having a native Mac version is holding back OpenOffice.org's adoption considerably. There are those that would debate this. Apple has donated the use of at least four iMac's and Sun has donated worker hours of one of their employees to move towards an Apple HIG compliant version. Sun is very aware of the large Apple audience. I downloaded a presentation from one of the developers at Sun giving a presentation and it was done with NeoOffice on the Mac even though it only supported version 1.1 features at the time. It was only with 2.0 that the Mac version was installable without compiling code. I understand your concerns. Now OpenOffice.org is installable as a 'drag-n-drop' Mac application. Yes, there is much to do, but if you look back much progress was made. My main concern is with the fragility of NeoOffice.org, not with the quality of the product. After working with the computer industry for over 30 years, I've seen many products come and go, and quite a few of them were 'one-man' shops. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
