On 16 Nov 2005, at 03:51, Chris Olson wrote: > Every developer of software for the Mac does not have x86 dev boxes > right now. > An example is Ed Peterlin, the man who compiles the OS X port of > OpenOffice and NeoOffice/J. 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. So unless somebody donates an x86 Mac to > Ed, we're going to loose OpenOffice on Mac. So why wouldn't Apple give him or loan him one? It seems a no- brainer to me. Trevor