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Flaw finders lay siege to Microsoft Office imhotep 07-24-2006
Posted by imhotep on July 24, 2006, 10:25 pm
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Flaw finders lay siege to Microsoft Office

"Responding to a steady influx of flaws in the company's Office productivity
suite has occupied many of Microsoft's programmers since late 2005. So far
this year, the software giant has detailed at least 24 Office flaws found
by outside researchers in its monthly bulletins, six times the number of
Office flaws found in all of 2005. The count also surpasses the 20 flaws
that Microsoft has fixed so far this year in Internet Explorer, a perennial
favorite among vulnerability researchers."

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11401?ref=rss

--Im

Posted by Colin Nash [MVP] on July 24, 2006, 11:14 pm
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> Flaw finders lay siege to Microsoft Office
>
> "Responding to a steady influx of flaws in the company's Office
> productivity
> suite has occupied many of Microsoft's programmers since late 2005. So far
> this year, the software giant has detailed at least 24 Office flaws found
> by outside researchers in its monthly bulletins, six times the number of
> Office flaws found in all of 2005. The count also surpasses the 20 flaws
> that Microsoft has fixed so far this year in Internet Explorer, a
> perennial
> favorite among vulnerability researchers."
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11401?ref=rss
>
> --Im

The collaboration features are awesome though!



Posted by imhotep on July 24, 2006, 11:24 pm
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Colin Nash [MVP] wrote:

>
>> Flaw finders lay siege to Microsoft Office
>>
>> "Responding to a steady influx of flaws in the company's Office
>> productivity
>> suite has occupied many of Microsoft's programmers since late 2005. So
>> far this year, the software giant has detailed at least 24 Office flaws
>> found by outside researchers in its monthly bulletins, six times the
>> number of Office flaws found in all of 2005. The count also surpasses the
>> 20 flaws that Microsoft has fixed so far this year in Internet Explorer,
>> a perennial
>> favorite among vulnerability researchers."
>>
>> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11401?ref=rss
>>
>> --Im
>
> The collaboration features are awesome though!

No better than other packages. However, other packages won't get you a nasty
virus :-)

Im

Posted by Mark Randall on July 25, 2006, 2:54 am
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> No better than other packages. However, other packages won't get you a
> nasty
> virus :-)

To be fair... MS Office absolutely dominates the market for one good reason,
its the best software there is for the tasks it does!

Ask yourself this: should it take your fancy to cause death and destruction
etc etc etc, would you throw a grenade into a crowd, or into an empty field?

--
- Mark Randall
http://www.temporal-solutions.co.uk
http://www.awportals.com



Posted by imhotep on July 25, 2006, 7:43 pm
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Mark Randall wrote:

>> No better than other packages. However, other packages won't get you a
>> nasty
>> virus :-)
>
> To be fair... MS Office absolutely dominates the market for one good
> reason, its the best software there is for the tasks it does!

It is good at what it does. To be be fair, there are other good solutions
too. In either case, or solution, should be safe and secure.

> Ask yourself this: should it take your fancy to cause death and
> destruction etc etc etc, would you throw a grenade into a crowd, or into
> an empty field?
>

Ask yourself this: Are you a nut?

Imhotep


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