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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 8 20:37:11 -0800 2006 ------- I would like to lend my support to the effort to remove the Easter eggs or at least provide a way to get rid of them (I would prefer to see them missing by default). At least one person has pointed out that the presence of the EE's is a problem for a particular education market. Looking around the Internet, I've found other indications that the presence of EE's introduces problems with corporate customers and government agencies. So much so, that it appears that Microsoft(yeah, an unfortunate choice to cite as an example) considers it grounds for termination to program EE's into its products. As I've reviewed the arguments thus far relative to this issue, it has gotten me to wondering about the implications for adoption by governments that are looking for secure products. Major Linux vendors are working on a variety of secured versions to meet government specs. While most of this is probably intended for very specific applications, if there is ever a hope that OOo might be adopted on desktops in these agencies, getting rid of the EE's would probably be a good move to improve the quality and security of the stack. In addition, the presence of the EE's represents additional code that has to be QA'ed (it is being QA'ed and not slipped by somehow, right?). Surely OOo's developers have better stuff to work on than reviewing the code for these EE's. Likewise, it is adding additional complexity to the code. I'd suggest checking out this article: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=102181&seqNum=4&rl=1 that covers some of these issues in a much better manner than what I can express. Also, for some other discussion on the value of EE's, you might want to check out the link below (be sure to read some of the comments): http://blogs.msdn.com/larryosterman/archive/2005/10/20/483110.aspx Thanks to the developers for considering these comments! Jeff Causey --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
