Novell Injects MS Lawsuit Exploit Into Open Office

F.M. Petain writes, "It looks like Microsoft's first move in the 'Linux owes us' game is to move a Pawn. A few days ago, a Novell programmer, Noel Power, submitted patches to add VBA compatibility to Open Office's spreadsheet module. This is great for people trying to convert the business desktop from closed source to open source, but is this gift really a ticking time bomb? What happens when Microsoft declares that the VBA code was stolen?" The patches may have been submitted only a few days ago, but the code must be considerably older; the article claims that nine distros in adition to SUSE already support the VBA extensions in their versions of Open Office. (Linux.com and Slashdot are both part of OSTG.)

Comments

Microsoft is like the dragon.

[Fonce]

Meddle not in the affairs of Microsoft, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

Re:*all* posts from "/." must be rejected

[RealSurreal]

Dear sir,

I am intrigued by your non-sequiturs and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Re:Poison pill

[iluvcapra]

This is oblique, but not fully off-topic.

Maybe the slashdot icon for Microsoft should be switched from Bill the Borg to Admiral Akbar with Steve Balllamer's face photoshopped on.

Just a thought.