▲ 259 ▼ Microsoft is killing Office 2021 in October to push you onto Microsoft 365, how to fight back (www.windowslatest.com) submitted 4 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 41 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago (3 children) What are the advantages over Open Office? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago For one, they're still actively developed, instead of being stuck in the early last decade. permalink fedilink source parent [–] noxypaws@pawb.social 9 points 4 months ago Difficulties maintaining a sufficient number of active developers and code contributors to keep the project viable have persisted for several years. This has led to persistent problems providing timely fixes to security vulnerabilities since 2015. In March 2026, the Apache Security Team raised OpenOffice's security risk status to "red" due to unfixed vulnerabilities over 365 days old.[9] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Coldgoron@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago They do offer extensions for a range of things also, I have several grammar checkers I’m testing now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 18 points 4 months ago For one, they're still actively developed, instead of being stuck in the early last decade. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 9 points 4 months ago Difficulties maintaining a sufficient number of active developers and code contributors to keep the project viable have persisted for several years. This has led to persistent problems providing timely fixes to security vulnerabilities since 2015. In March 2026, the Apache Security Team raised OpenOffice's security risk status to "red" due to unfixed vulnerabilities over 365 days old.[9] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coldgoron@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago They do offer extensions for a range of things also, I have several grammar checkers I’m testing now. permalink fedilink source parent