Lev Lafayette wrote:
An old friend of mine posted an well-referenced rant on why people should leave OpenOffice.
"... actively dangerous to use" http://reddragdiva.dreamwidth.org/596490.html
Security bug is as follows: http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html
It is suggested that OpenOffice be replaced LibreOffice. Well I have dumped even LibreOffice-Writer (the only part of LibreOffice which, I use) following an experience where it corrupted and made unopenable, a document; simply due to the printer it wanted becoming inaccessible. Mostly I use Abiword now; which even though it produces much larger documents; thus far seems much more robust. I just wonder whether it is time for a rethink about open-source software, generally the recieved wisdom is that open-source will be maintained by the 'community', but the reality is that it is substantially maintained by a few unpaid developers. The consequence is the developers have huge discretion regarding what gets fixed, and what doesn't. Also because of the work load we have these complex bug reporting systems which many users simply can't be bothered engaging with, so the bugs go unreported ! This is not to suggest a return to closed-source but if one accepts that user's are unlikely; to change and become more committed to involvement in open-source; what to do ? regards Rohan McLeod