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Apple Explains How to Run X11 on Mac OS X
tuc writes "In this document posted on its Developer Connection, Apple explains how to install X11R6 on Mac OS X, details of the default quartz-wm window manager, how to compile X11 code on Mac OS X, how to install OpenOffice, and the like."
Hate to break it to you, but Apple's iWork, or AppleWorks doesn't even come close.
It's fine for kids doing homework, or a casual home user...
but in terms of interoperability... it stinks.
Business people can't afford to spend time dealing with "iWorks doesn't support _______".
End users are *not* geeks. They want simple equvilants. iWork is not an equivilant.
It's a good product. But it's not an office product.
Apple *needs* an office product. It's essential to it being viewed as a productive platform for anyone who interacts with businesses.
There are tons of alternatives to OpenOffice... but it's OpenOffice that keeps Linux at a point where it can be used in the workplace. If OpenOffice didn't exist, Linux would have 0 penetration in the workplace (as a workstation).
OpenOffice is a very good product. It's been a giant blessing for Linux. Apple can use that reliability too. Microsoft isn't guaranteed to keep doing Office for the mac.