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1. Microsoft word equation editor without retyping update#
2. Microsoft word equation editor without retyping software#
3. Microsoft word equation editor without retyping code#

Microsoft word equation editor without retyping software#

The software precisely described as Equation Editor 3.0 has been removed. The voice of reason being drowned out again.

It's not the end of the world, but this little mess is a direct, practical and not just ideological, argument in favor of Open Source.

Microsoft word equation editor without retyping code#

So, basically, while I am willing to live with "binary blobs" as an end user, I am less than thrilled that a vendor of MS's stature would pass on code that they themselves don't have good visibility on. And, in that context, the fact that Word now packs its own little editor would hardly be reassuring to the code's originator. For that reason, there are large disincentives to giving MS source code access. MS has, in a past life at least, though others may argue that it still happens, shafted partners. If they are not, the escrow would not necessarily trigger. see Ī source code escrow mostly is written to cover the case where the party owning the original code goes out of business. one would assume, but wrongly so apparently, that whatever proprietary, closed-source, code MS is selling you, they themselves at least have the source.īTW, it's not Data Science, it's Design Science. at best, you can assume "feature freeze" on this functionality. And Office is well known as a vector of malware. lacking source code may (or may not, depending on how good we are scanning binaries) have implications on the discovery of vulnerabilities. MS doesn't have the code, so what you did with the app may not always be accessible, as almost happened here. But, whatever the reason for that lack of access to the source code, this has worrying implications for users: Really MS have lost the plot, but I was confused by the article too. MS idea of a theme seems to be a couple of desktop colours and a different desktop slide show! or Linux Mint with Mate desktop, that has REAL themes. I have Win7 ultimate on a Compaq and it's sad compared to a properly installed XP.

Microsoft word equation editor without retyping update#

Idiotic GUI and update system even compared to win 7 with Aero off, though even win7 is too flat. I have two newish machines (desktop & 10" Linx tablet/netbook) with win10, just to boot and laugh at the update cycle. Stopped using MS Office in early 2016 and stopped using Windows (except for some games) since Dec 2016. The story and analogies are a little confusing.ĪLSO, I don't open Office documents from untrusted sources. Works on more platforms and much cheaper.

From 1st versions it was very good.Į) LibreOffice opens, edits and saves both old and new Office docs and has an equation editor. Excel and Word used to be best and most widely used windows.

A) How can they be so stupid as to lose source?Ĭ) MS word gone downhill since 2003 (so has Windows).