Comments on: Facing 'new world of work,' Microsoft locks up Office

As government gets strict on how companies manage data, Microsoft looks at ways to make Word, other files more secure.

Good For The Goose, Good For The Gander!

Jast as these rules will be applied to businesses using Excel (and Word and PowerPoint) for their computerized files... with IBM's Lotus 1-2-3 and Word Pro (for IBM's Workplace Editors) very much on the "prowl" this certainly appears to be the case where what is "good for the goose will be good for the gander". Based on its possible limitations... Keep watching for the "Shot over Microsoft's Excel's Bow" coming from within Workplace!

;-)

[Too Old For IT]

Chilling Effect

Locking down office may prove to be the catalyst for Open Office in a number of industries. In addition, how would I as an external user of IM, communicate with The Big Company, and forbid them from logging and saving my IM conversations.

The CEOs miss the point. There will have to be some communications app that is unmonitored, unlogged and unregulated, or the internet community will create one.

[KTLA_knew]

OO?

Why would the fact that Office now offers corporation the choice to lock down data if they so choose somehow drive anyone to OO?

The organizations that don't want to lock down data will continue to do whatever they were going to do anyway, and the companies that DO want to lock up their data now have the ability to do it in a much simpler manner than before.

I fail to see the drive to OO based on what's in this article.

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This is so pathetic...

There is no such thing as a document macro virus, only a Microsoft Office macro virus. There are no Word Perfect viruses, no OpenOffice viruses. Use anything but Microsoft Office and rid yourself of document viruses all together. Not only that, but you'll save a ton of cash, have a much more stable and compatible product too!

Remember...Anything But Microsoft (dot) ORG.

[System Tyrant]

Wordperfect

I use WordPerfect Office 12 and it works great. Open Office might be better than Microsoft Office and maybe even some earlier versions of WordPerfect, but not WordPerfect Office 12.

Yeah I said it. The best office app available as of today is WordPerfect Office 12. And no they aren't paying me, but it would be nice if they did. So let the bashing begin.

[LGUsec]

bring them in!

technology has no room for laggards, bring them IN!