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LibreOffice patches malicious code-execution bug, Apache OpenOffice – wait for it, wait for it – doesn't

Joe Montana

Re: Tried Libre about 3 weeks ago....

I've had complex word documents go wrong between the mac and windows versions of word.

I've had complex word documents go wrong between different patch revisions of the same base version (ie installing security updates).

I've had complex word documents go wrong between the same patch level on different machines..

These formats are simply too complex and poorly documented to render reliably. Sometimes libreoffice actually makes a better job of rendering a document than a given version of word, especially if you have very old documents or documents which have got corrupted.

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