-----Original Message----- >From: "Kirill S. Palagin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 18, 2006 12:49 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [users] Virus threats? > >Viruses can affect OO in the same way as MS Office (the chance of that >is lower because OO has substantially smaller installed base and as such >is less interesting to exploit). > >Formatting might be distorted (slightly or substantially) when saving in >non-native format (MS Office, for example) or opening non-native format. >Transmission has nothing to do with that. > >The tech rep is has no clue or has it's own agenda (for example, trying >to avoid the need to support OO). > Kirill:
I know of no known OpenOffice.org virus expolits, although they are possible, as you pointed out. What is more typical is what is happening when I move from Office 2003 (XP) to OpenOffice.org and back. Most of my specialized formatting is lost switching between the two and a graphic on the front page is mangled (and I mean mangled.) Given this, I'm willing to state that if I could work the document completely from within OpenOffice.org or Office 2003, this problem would not happen. As to the Tech Rep not wanting to support OpenOffice.org the question is the tech rep paid to do so? If not, then I would not or at least avoid it at all possibilities. If they are, then they should. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
