Comments on: Geeky Gates on Office 12

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:04:30 +0000

I use openoffice also, it’s much nicer than MS office even if it is written in java. I have it installed on xp and my gentoo linux partition

To be honest, for atleast the last 3 versions of office have been wildly overcomplicated and burdened with features and options. I think they forgot what we actually want with wordprocessor/spreadsheet.

Unbloated, simple and focused. Thats what we want from an office suite, not all these bells and whistles that bombard us with options and choices.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 02:26:54 +0000

Office 12? Not moi. I won’t ‘open wide’ and let Bill and the Boyz down to the Pharm! My furrows not gonna be plowed, my strokes not gonna be counted nor logged nor whatever. ‘Scuse me, but if they can log it, then they know what it is, and if they know what it is they know what you is, if you take my meaning. Gosh Billie, I didn’t know your Uncle was a voyeur. Oh wait, your Uncle would dearly love to see that data, now wouldn’t he. How dumb can you get, or should I perhaps say “How dumb do they think we are?” Open wide, boys and girls, while I stick this in your…………. (Pick any words you like, they’re all pretty rude, but likely somewhat applicable in this situation, IMHO) I can think of lots of holes in this sort of thing. Having your office software phoning home every keystroke would let a lot of data go flopping around the ‘Net, and where it may go, NOBODY knows.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:30:32 +0000

I use openoffice. I use it for a reason. There are no fees to pay, no upgrades to deal with and pay yet again for, and the practice of Microsucks to charge such high fees for their inferior products leaves me feeling that I got robbed at the end of a gun.

With this sort of invasiveness will come all sorts of security issues and oppurtunities for hackers. Since security has been on the downside and seems to be an afterthought to Microsucks, I have no need of such programs and upgrades. Microsucks could have long ago developed a more secure OS and applications but have chosen not to do so. It is the openness of the software that allows Microsucks to gain more money by those that want to know what you do and where you go and this interests interfers with security issues.

Thanks but no thanks…