<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 15, 2005, at 7:51 PM, Chris Olson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">An example is Ed Peterlin, the man who compiles the OS X port of OpenOffice and NeoOffice/J.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Ed doesn't have a x86 dev box and he's not going to buy one because he donates his time to the OpenOffice project for Mac support.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>So unless somebody donates an x86 Mac to Ed, we're going to loose [sic] OpenOffice on Mac.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>FUD.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>If he doesn't pick it up, someone else will.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Equally valid theory. Just one with less hysteria.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Given the fanaticism both in the open source camp and the Mac camp, I have no doubt there will be someone.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>