[Gllug] Distribution Pecking Order So far

[Jim Bailey]

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what have you got against Partick Thistle

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jim ;-P


On Thursday, October 25, 2001, at 03:55 PM, Xander D Harkness wrote:

>
>>
>> Just to give you something to flame me for: "Office is an industry 
>> standard,
>> and didn't get there by being insecure".
>>
>> Cheers,
>> 					Alex.
>
>
> I think that it is insecure on a user level.
>
> Most people barely know how to use a word processor, many believe that
> if they password a word document then it is secure.
>
> It may be possible to encrypt excel documents; however the majority of
> the people using Excel will consider a password sufficient (Which as has
> been previously mentioned is totally ignored by Star Office).
>
> Even when they do choose to encrypt the files the password they will
> choose to lock the file is normally girlfriend/wife/cat/DOB/arsenel1.
>
> I believe that it is insecure in that there is no advice given when you
> choose to password a document - this is compared to the help you get
> when doing other tasks: "It looks like you are writing a letter......."
> :-)
>
> I think that office got where is is today through lethargy and
> ignorance.
>
> Troll 1  Xander 0
> Dundee 3 Partick Thistle 0
>
> Cheers
> Xander
>
>
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