NoOp wrote: > On 02/26/2009 03:57 PM, Leach, William R wrote: > >> First, I am no longer subscribed so please cc me on any response. >> >> My employer, rightfully concerned about network security, is in the >> process of blocking and removing "unsupported" software. This action is >> fully understandable when viewed from a security standpoint. However, >> individual exceptions will be granted where the exception is either >> essential to the business activity or is significantly beneficial to the >> company. >> >> I have been asked to provide a justification to continue my use of Open >> Office. >> >> I am able to cite a number incidents where OOo has saved corrupted MS >> Word documents, allowed for rapid creation of drawings, royalty free >> generation of PDFs, and several other examples. >> >> What I would like to have some help with is verifiable information >> concerning the security of OOo (particularly compared to MS Word). >> >> >> Bill Leach >> RWMC Publications >> COBRA ACE >> 533-0121 >> Pager 4165 >> >> >> > > > I suppose that you could point out that Sun Microsystems purchased > StarOffice for the purpose of avoiding thousands of MS Office licenses, > and that Sun (the primary holder of the OOo keys) continue to use OOo & > StarOffice within their own corporation today. Further, Novell, another > major contributor do the same. > >
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