Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Remove ActiveX from LibreOffice

2016-01-13 Thread Rick C. Hodgin
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 10:36 AM, timofonic timofonic wrote: > Hello. > > I'm an humble and unskilled user, but here's my opinion: > > - I personally think technologies like ActiveX are a double sword, they > help others to get attached to the Microsoft ecosystem. This

[tdf-discuss] Re: Remove ActiveX from LibreOffice

2016-01-12 Thread Rick C. Hodgin
If you search for "Microsoft Excel Automation" you'll find many references online of how ActiveX is used in other applications to allow the Excel engine to compute things in a spreadsheet form. Were the same ability well-documented in LibreOffice, many people would switch as LibreOffice is free,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Remove ActiveX from LibreOffice

2016-01-12 Thread timofonic timofonic
Hello. I'm an humble and unskilled user, but here's my opinion: - I personally think technologies like ActiveX are a double sword, they help others to get attached to the Microsoft ecosystem. This technology isn't an open standard and has potential security risks. - I see this issue is taken