Re: File transfer Windows to iMac

D P Schreber <schreberdp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 2005-08-14, Andy Hewitt <hairy.biker@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> 9. Will Open Office run on the Mac?
> >
> > Er, yes. There is also a standalone version called NeoOfficeJ, which is
> > the same, except it doesn't need to install to Unix to run.
>
> To clarify: NeoOffice/J uses the native osx window system, whereas
> OpenOffice uses X11. An X11 server is included with osx but isn't
> installed by default ("unix" is of course not something one would
> install in osx -- osx is itself a unix variant). So you can run either
> NeoOffice or OpenOffice in osx, but NeoOffice is friendlier and better
> integrated.

Yes indeed, I was keeping it as simplified as possible at this stage.

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