OpenOffice worm Badbunny hops across operating systems

[William Harrington]

On Jun 13, 2007, at 5:00 PM, Jared wrote:

>> If I cared about OpenOffice.org, perhaps ;)
>> I see it as Windows bloatware. Us *nix users have KSpread to use :)
>
> KSpread is bloatware. The truest *nix users are content
> with bc and a handful of shell scripts. :-)
>
> I also don't care about OpenOffice (because it is bloatware),
> nor use bc (I use MySQL for columnar math), but the principle
> of not complaining about open source software is the issue,
> not upgrading to a new class of complaint about the
> software in question.
>
> I'm really lame as a Linux operator, but I do understand
> the principles. We must labor hard to preserve the attitude
> of gratitude which is the only payment required of those
> who put in the hours coding free software.
>
> -Jared
>
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Dear bloatware,

	If I'd say anything was bloatware these days, it'd be the linux  
kernel itself. I'd blame it on the whole x86 life as well. Everyone  
wants their favorite hardware and software in the kernel. The same  
thing happens with software. You get tons of people requesting tons  
of things, which are useless in the end, it gets in there, and now  
something simple is complicated and breaks the kernel itself in every  
release. There should be no problem why a decent OS these days can't  
be less than 1GB installed, and that is huge! It doesn't even  
restrict itself to computers, look at car manufacturers! You get new  
cars every year. And what is different? The looks? More annoyances?  
Definitely no notice in any greater economy. Maybe we should have  
never advanced past the 486, it'd make everything critical. Today, if  
it works, it is fine... forget about efficiency. You can't place  
KSpread or OpenOffice as the only two things for bloatware. It  
spreads much farther than programs. It has engulfed the globe.

	UNIX users just using bc and a handful of shell scripts? Heh. The  
world is more than just that. If people will take the time to  
understand and do everything in a more proper way with consideration  
of people's time... time is money and money is time... then maybe,  
instead of a deadline beating us on the head, something better might  
be produced. If you think something is bloatware, do something about it.

Sincerely,

William