Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 29 May 2007 05:11:07 D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: >> | From: Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> | >> | > The right fix is to the macro feature of Open Office. >> | >> | Find a bug, fix the bug. >> >> As I understand it, the macro features of Open Office are insecure by >> design. So this isn't a bug, it is a (mis)feature. I quote the >> original message: >> >> It is possible in any capable macro language, including those in >> OpenOffice.org, to write simple 'virus-like' programs. > > A clear warning. > > A couple of years ago my son-in-law attended a Sun presentation, where they > said that they were almost at the point where they could interpret and run > M$Word macros. He asked if that didn't open up the whole possibility of > macro viruses etc., but it was made clear that people wanted and needed that > ability, so that was the price to be paid. Dear $deity please make my OpenOffice Suite more like MS Office. I MADE IT SO..... What the &$^% $deity, my system is infected with a macro virus. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR.... -- In defeat, unbeatable; in victory, unbearable. -- W. Churchill, on General Montgomery
