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Re: [NEWS] Researchers find OpenOffice less secure than Microsoft Office

  • Subject: Re: [NEWS] Researchers find OpenOffice less secure than Microsoft Office
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:24:44 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: schestowitz.com / Manchester University
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__/ [ dk ] on Wednesday 19 July 2006 15:22 \__

> Oliver Wong wrote:
> 
>> They are working with the developers of OpenOffice to correct the
> issues ...
>> The
>> developers are researchers are meeting in germany and discussing the
>> nescessary design changes.
> 
> Could you imagine that happening with Office? MS products, being
> closed-source and top secret are very much WYGIWYG - What You Get Is What
> You Get.

...Or  what you /could/ get they will not permit you to see.
They  will  sweep  it under the carpet (or  keep  it  safely
guarded  in  the  repository), so you will  need  (<sarcasm>
script  kiddies with Open Source tools </sarcasm>) to tinker
with it, in order to identify the many prevalent flaws.

Best wishes,

Roy

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