Anyone using Linux (or any operating system for that matter) should know about the OpenOffice.org office suite. This suite of tools serve as the open source equivalent to Microsoft Office and does so with ease and full functionality. OpenOffice.org Writer works very similarly to Microsoft Word.
Grab a good seat while you can. The online office suite market is about to get a bit more crowded. Oracle, it appears, is working on Oracle Cloud Office - which will potentially compete with Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web, Zoho and a range of other SaaS productivity applications. Here's some pers ...
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2009-0217, CVE-2009-2949, CVE-2009-2950, CVE-2009-3301, CVE-2009-3302, CVE-2010-0136
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-903-1 February 24, 2010
openoffice.org vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-
Just over a year ago the open source Office Suite world was disturbed by indecision, much the same way world stock markets have been upset by uncertainty today. Oracle had purchased Sun Microsystems and with it the “ownership” of the open source office suite OpenOffice.org.
LibreOffice is a productivity suite that is compatible with other major office suites, and available on a variety of platforms. LibreOffice is a fork of the famous project OpenOffice project which is now under Oracle. It is free software and servers all your basic needs.
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201, CVE-2009-2139
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-840-1 October 01, 2009
openoffice.org vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-0200, CVE-2009-0201, CVE-2009-2139
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Apache OpenOffice 3.4, the first (stable) release of the free software office suite since its development was handed over to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), has been released. The announcement was made earlier today. Before coming under the administration of the ASF, OpenOffice.org, as it was known then, was the most popular office suite in [...]
The office suite is a relic of a bygone age--one that may not amount to billions in Microsoft profits for much longer.
Software Latest Releases: "The largest of the problems found in Microsoft Office according to the vast majority of users is its price, quite high in the opinion of many. This obligation on having to pay for an Office application suite has stimulated the development of OpenOffice, completely free and open source."
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