I don't know if this is a naive viewpoint, but my company (for the most part) is still using Office 97 because it does what we need from an office suite. >From a security viewpoint (so far anyway) the vulnerabilities that generally exist target 2000/2002 because of their advanced features. I'm perfectly happy staying with 97 for now. In addition, it's hard to justify another $300-400 per user for the upgrading costs.
Other thoughts? -----Original Message----- From: Ullrich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 10:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Security impact because of old software Hi all, my company just decided to freeze MS Office for the next four years. This means no more new licenses. If you just have Office 97, you have to stick to it for this time. I want to comment this from the security perspective. The only thing I can come up with is the issue of security patches. If a vulnerability in Office 97 or 2000 is discovered but MS does no further development, gives no more support for old versions, does not put out a patch, bad luck for you. But are there other more important more realistic security issues in the MS office freeze situation? -- Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
