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's Ian Fried contributed to this report.Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 is the sixth major release from Apple with a reliable Mac operating system providing various security and other enhancements along with many bug fixes.

The new price tag rankled Red Hat, the top seller of the Linux operating system, which now bundles OpenOffice with its latest version.Īlso Monday, the OpenOffice group announced a new developer version for Linux, Windows and Solaris. The OpenOffice project, which began two years ago, has acquired added prominence with Sun's decision to charge for StarOffice. "At this point, there is no estimated time of completion for the Aqua native interface due to the amount of work yet to be done and the number of contributing developers." "The Quartz/Aqua build represents a substantial amount of work on the user interface, and there is much still to be done," the OpenOffice organizers said on their Web site. Mainstream Mac OS X software uses Apple's Quartz and Aqua graphics and interface software.Ī regular Mac OS X interface for OpenOffice is under way but still remote. It requires installation of software such as XFree86 for basic graphics functions, such as drawing windows on the screen. However, the new version isn't for everyone. Sun had been working on a Mac OS X version, but in 2001 withdrew and turned the work over to the open-source community instead. The Mac version of OpenOffice is a milestone for open-source programmers working on their own. Meanwhile, Microsoft has recently taken steps to make the sticker price of its Mac Office suite more palatable, launching a $199 promotion that allows new Mac buyers to buy Office for half the price of a full copy.

Version 1.0 of OpenOffice, already available for Linux, Windows and Solaris computers, is open-source software, meaning that anyone can look at the software's inner workings, modify it and distribute it for free. The release coincides with the OpenOffice group's two-year anniversary.

Sun Microsystems released the first beta of OpenOffice, the open-source sibling of its StarOffice package, for Mac OS X computers on Monday. The free, open-source competitor to Microsoft Office now caters to Mac users.