Sun Microsystems will help port OpenOffice.org to Mac OS X
Philipp Lohmann, one of the developers of Sun Microsystems, wrote in his blog that Sun would support porting to the Mac / Aqua platform.
In fact, the porting history of OpenOffice.org on Mac OS X began with the release of the office suite itself. Initially it was even supposed to immediately make a native version for Mac (cocoa version), but it was decided to make a port for X11 as the first step, - OpenOffice.org already has several X11 ports - that is, quickly create a temporary solution.
Sun Microsystems' interest in porting OpenOffice.org to Mac OS X is the increasing prevalence of Apple computers, especially laptops, which are now easy to see among passengers at airports or visitors to conferences. Apple has a significant computer market share, which is simply impossible to ignore. Sun supports porting because of the interest and activity of the community that wants to see this port.
In fact, the porting history of OpenOffice.org on Mac OS X began with the release of the office suite itself. Initially it was even supposed to immediately make a native version for Mac (cocoa version), but it was decided to make a port for X11 as the first step, - OpenOffice.org already has several X11 ports - that is, quickly create a temporary solution.
Sun Microsystems' interest in porting OpenOffice.org to Mac OS X is the increasing prevalence of Apple computers, especially laptops, which are now easy to see among passengers at airports or visitors to conferences. Apple has a significant computer market share, which is simply impossible to ignore. Sun supports porting because of the interest and activity of the community that wants to see this port.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/7915/
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