On 8/14/06, Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
But with freedom comes a cost. You can lock stuff down to be almost unusable or you can give leeway and flexibility but with some risk. The key is in the balance. You will never get 100% secure and 100% flexible.
I didn't say anything about how to make OOo more secure - I was just commenting on the attitude that if you mess up your computer by opening a malacious document in OpenOffice.org, then you deserve whatever damage you get. That's a horrible attitude, and that's no way to get people to use OOo. What would we say to Microsoft if they said "We're tired of you idiots blaming us for viruses. It's your own fault for (not using AV, clicking on links without knowing where they go, not having a firewall, etc., et. al.). If you get a virus on Windows, it's not our fault - it's your fault. I hope your hard drive explodes!" The open source movement would have a field day putting that up on banners, blogs, bulletin boards, broadcasts, and every other way to get the word out. Even if it was just some guy at Microsoft who said that in a public forum. Paul is a guy who works with OpenOffice.ogr, at least he's on the mailing lists, and his statement was made on the very public forum of these archived, googlable lists. I hope Microsoft doesn't take that quote and pass it out with the article, like someone said they were doing. -- - Chad Smith http://www.gimpshop.net/ http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/ http://www.chadwsmith.com/
