From: "Samar Khatiwala" <spk@ldeo.columbia.edu>
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Hi

I fully echo Stefan's earlier post. Matlab on Mac derives
its usefulness from the fact that I can run it remotely
via ssh from any unix/linux box. Apart from running matlab
on my mac laptop, this is the most typical usage for myself
and many of my colleagues. The fact that X11 is central to
this makes this thread truly alarming.

Yes, there are alternatives such as VNC, which in fact I use
extensively to connect between Mac's. But there is no guarantee that
such software will be available when I need it (and is often not on
linux boxes), while X11 is always
there and always works.

Surely, Matlab on Mac has more serious problems than a
"non native" UI. How about expending the effort on providing
64 bit support, multithreading the sparse matrix kernels, etc etc?

Samar