Re: [ANN] "Dbl-Click Won't Open..." Issues

In article <C4A09714.17380%john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, John McGhie
<john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Hi Elliott:
> 
> On 14/07/08 3:15 AM, in article 130720081845185086%nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Elliott Roper" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
> > In article <C49E5D33.1729D%john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, John McGhie
> > <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > 
> >> PROBLEM:  The deprecated file formats are not secure.
> > COMMENT: Disingenuous.
> 
> Bull!!  Gimme a break...  I didn't feel like bogging the forum down with
a
> treatise on byte-aligned parsing algorithms.  The old format makes it
easier
> to sneak bad stuff through.
Perhaps I got this bass ackwards, but there was no format parser to
remove. You could still open the exact same *modern* format file with
the wrong filetype in the open dialog. The format of the file being
opened is the same. The *name* of the format was the same (but wrong)
in both cases. All 4 bytes of it. In one case Word opens it ignoring
the format name. In the other case it refuses to ignore the name.
That's arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
All they did was chuck a hissy fit if it had gone past the opposition's
browser or mail client via something that did not preserve the *name*
of the format, if there ever had been one. Absolutely nothing to do
with the format at all.

That ain't bowing to the 'wisdom of crowds'. That's fixing a silly
mistake that had consequences in the real world they never took the
time to check. Like most of Office 2008.

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