RSSMicrosoft Updates Office for Mac
By the Betanews Staff | Published June 13, 2006, 3:45 PM
Microsoft on Tuesday released version 11.2.4 of Office 2004 for Mac, which corrects a vulnerability that could allow a hacker to overwrite a system's memory with malicious code. The cumulative update weighs in at over 57MB and is available for download from Microsoft.
11.2.4 additionally fixes problems in PowerPoint 2004 and Entourage 2004. The release is available for Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher, and comes along with a critical fix for Microsoft Office on Windows. That patch corrects a Word vulnerability in which a malformed document could enable an attacker to take control of a system.
They release an update, but they can't just put it through another compiler to make Office 2004 a universal binary? wtf?
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|i dont think you understand what a univesal binary is.
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|you don't think exploits are possible on openoffice?
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|Haven't you heard, open source software is flawless. ;)
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|For anyone that still doesnt know...
OpenOffice.org
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|Have you tried it on a Mac? It's not pretty. (Don't get me wrong, I use it, but fonts--not to mention the interface--are always an issue. I also have NeoOffice, which I use occasionally, even though it's basd on OOo 1.x.)
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|i'm with you on that, its horrible on the mac.
probably the worst thing about owning a mac is lack of good office applications, sure you get the best graphics applications and the best music applications and the best user interface but dont plan on writing a letter.
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|Even on PC, OpenOffice sucks. My company decided to switch to OpenOffice some time back. Every now and then you would hear people complain about how lousy it is.
But OO is free, so I have to give them a bit of credit for that. It's decent, but it's just not a fantastic office suite.
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|You're wrong on that one: the worst thing about owning a mac is gaming.
Anyway, for just writing a letter, try iworks. It's cheap, and it works pretty well. If you insist on the the MSOffice format, try thinkfree office, also cheap and pretty good if you're not too demanding. Both have pretty interfaces and handle fonts well.
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|bah! iLife is excellent. And, if you really want Office, it works, too.
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