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By Munir Kotadia, CNET News.com
"A new worm is being distributed within malicious OpenOffice documents. The worm can infect Windows, Linux and Mac OS X systems," according to a Symantec Security Response advisory. "Be cautious when handling OpenOffice files from unknown sources."
IDGNS: What's your take on the defeat of legislation in several U.S. states that would've mandated the use of open document formats? Is it a setback for the adoption of ODF?
Sun Microsystems, Inc., the OpenOffice.org community, and Redflag Chinese 2000 Software Co, Ltd., have announced a joint development effort that will focus on integrating new features in the Chinese localization of OpenOffice.org, as well as quality assurance and work on the core applications. Additionally, Redflag Chinese 2000 made public its commitment to the global OpenOffice.org community stating it would strengthen its support of the development of the world's leading free and open source productivity suite.
