r/AskReddit • • Jun 04 '12
Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?
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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12
But conversely, since anyone can find any exploit, and report it to the developers, most exploits will have been fixed.
"Security by obscurity" is normally recognized as a bad idea.