Neil Gardner schrieb: > Mac users should download and install NeoOffice from http:// > www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php for free with full Aqua > integration and no need for X11. As it uses Java for Aqua menus an > dialogue boxes, it will run much faster on Intel Macs. I've tried OOo > with X11 on my Mac. While it works, it takes longer to load and the > key bindings are still PC-centric, a little confusing if you're > switching from a native Mac app to a word processor and the menus > look positively ugly on a small screen. > > Sun is now officially supporting an Aqua version of OpenOffice > schedule for release later this year. This is a shame because the > guys at NeoOffice, Edward Peterlin and Patrick Luby, have put in so > much had work that should be fed back into the Open Office community.
This is not possible as NeoOffice uses a licencing (GPL) that is incompatible with OOo (LGPL). The OOo developers always would have been grateful for any contributions from the NO developers but they decided not to contribute. To avoid misunderstandings: this is perfectly OK but on the other hand I wanted to make clear that the fact that no contributions from NO came into the OOo code base is not caused by the OOo project. So the brave Mac developers that wanted to have their code contributed to OOo had to work in parallel to NO, even if they might have preferred a cooperation. I can't see that supporting them now with some full time developers is a shame. It's just the deserved appreciation they now receive from the OOo project. Ciao, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer (mba) - Project Lead OpenOffice.org Writer OpenOffice.org Engineering at Sun: http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS Please don't reply to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]". I use it for the OOo lists and only rarely read other mails sent to it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
