It sounds like all those OSX users out there will finally be able to run OpenOffice native in Aqua from the mid-September. This is well overdue news considering the platform already runs 'natively' in the Windows and Linux environments. Sure you can run OpenOffice in OSX through the X-Windows system but it is ugly and unintegrated with the rest of the system but what self respecting, sunglass wearing Apple user wants to ruin the look of their desktop by doing that?
A few months back I switched to using NeoOffice, a port of OpenOffice that achieves Aqua-like integration through careful use of Java. It is a great choice for OSX users who cannot wait until the 'pure' version becomes available and even then NeoOffice maybe a better choice for a while longer as it is more mature. What I would really like to see that I know will not be in the initial release is some Aqua goodness shining through. OpenOffice is one of those useful but really boring applications that could be brought to life with a couple of well placed animations, some window transparency and a side-helping of Aqua class.
It will be interesting to see how Apple reacts to this native compatability. If it was up to me I would include a release of OpenOffice in every new Mac purchase alongside demo versions of Pages and Word. Sure it may hurt Apple's Pages sales a little but when it comes down to it Pages is targetting the personal publishing audience rather than OpenOffice/Office's general business productivity market. Come to think of it with this native capability there could be an opening for Sun or Novell to get some sales of their 'professional' versions of OpenOffice on the Mac desktop. Then again if you believe what Dvorak has written in MarketWatch recently Apple and Sun may soon be one company which would be a really interesting situation.