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Both have flaws.
Yes open office has it flaws also.

http://news.com.com/OpenOffice%20hit%20by%20highly%20critical%20vulnerability/2100-1002_3-6147501.html

http://www.schestowitz.com/UseNet/2006/October_2006_2/msg00657.html

http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/82749

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18739

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200405-04.xml

It dont take long to find the exploits in openoffice also.

My issue is the reporting. The context of the message is, there is a potential vulnerability. That can affect people, gets turned into "Excel UNDER ATTACK"

Strangley in our office we do have people who use openoffice, the majority 1000+ users are MSOFFICE users. Most of the helpdesk calls that take longer then 5 minutes to handle tend to be openoffice related.

But thats fine, its not about this is better then that, which this site tends to boil down to. There is 0 systems out there that can not be exploited in one way or another.
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Microsoft warns Excel under zero-day attack  Loverock Davidson | 02/05/07
Right, all security vulnerabilities are not a problem, just that users  DonnieBoy | 02/05/07
Exactly  Loverock Davidson | 02/05/07
MS warns you about everything, and users get used to clicking, rendering  DonnieBoy | 02/05/07
Wrong  Loverock Davidson | 02/05/07
How about OOo?  Graham Fluet | 02/05/07
Looking for logic in your dribblings  ejhonda | 02/05/07
What part didn't you understand?  Loverock Davidson | 02/05/07
Right, a million ifs, ands, and buts, about how you might avoid problems.  DonnieBoy | 02/05/07
Avoiding is the best way  Loverock Davidson | 02/05/07
These flaws in Office are one after the other. Time to upgrade to the new  DonnieBoy | 02/05/07
You left out a feature  Loverock Davidson | 02/05/07
This is a Microsoft problem as they do not use a standard document format  DonnieBoy | 02/05/07
Who says they have to?  Loverock Davidson | 02/05/07
Do not talk about compatibility 'cause...  Logics | 02/05/07
Oh, Lovey, how you pick your arguments  mlindl | 02/06/07
That's a bit lofty.  Henaway | 02/05/07
Right, there is also no proof yet that Global Warming really exists.  DonnieBoy | 02/05/07
Both have flaws.  ceward_z | 02/05/07
Right, but they are fixed much faster, and there has NEVER been  DonnieBoy | 02/07/07

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