Ars Technica: OpenOffice.org Less Secure than Microsoft Office? | Linux Today

Ars Technica: OpenOffice.org Less Secure than Microsoft Office?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 19, 2006

“OpenOffice.org has been increasing in both popularity and
visibility over the past several months. Version 2.0 has added a
number of new features to bring it closer to feature parity with
Microsoft Office, and it also offers full support for the Open
Document format. However, a report just released by the French
Ministry of Defense says that it still falls short of Microsoft’s
office suite in one important area: security.

“The classified report follows a one-year study by the Ministry
comparing the popular open-source suite to its commercial
competitor…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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