Post B6ky3m9PtZZJIOtfdY by grumpydad@infosec.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #B6ka4s5gtm5l6k8yvY by libreoffice@fosstodon.org
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       If between 2006 and 2008 everyone had done their part, today there would be a single open, multi-vendor interoperability standard for office documents – our ODF – governed neutrally and implemented by all: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/28/odf-vs-ooxml-an-issue-that-should-never-have-existed/ #foss #openSource #freesoftware
       
 (DIR) Post #B6kbt62PPxmwnU7bpA by microblogc@neopaquita.es
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       @libreofficeHi!I understand your position. But there is also another isdue. The constant change in features, especially visible in spreadsheet formulas.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ko1zoF8wtdXIVQYK by tw@writing.exchange
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       @libreoffice "Whenever we address the contrast between ODF and OOXML, some people perceive it as a campaign against a company. It is not."It isn't, per se. But MS is why we are in this mess. I still can't submit to publishers in anything but .docx because GAH! A very few accept .odt as well, but 99% do not. It's like trying to turn an iceberg.Note, stating the "our" in "our ODF" does not help matters. It comes across as a bit childish and petty and desperate.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6ky3m9PtZZJIOtfdY by grumpydad@infosec.exchange
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       @libreoffice I remember quitting my current job because the company I worked for voted to accept ooxml as an iso standard.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6lHHIhO5nNd8Qwurw by argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org
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       @libreoffice OOXML looks less like an interchange format and more like a dump of Microsoft Office internal data structures in XML format.I mean, look at this. https://ooxml.info/docs/17/17.3/17.3.2/17.3.2.26/ Any given run of text has exactly four fonts: one for ASCII characters, one for “high ANSI”, one for “complex script”, and one for “East Asian”.This design has “Microsoft legacy baggage from the 1990s” written all over it.OpenDocument, meanwhile, just uses a list of fonts, like CSS. https://docs.oasis-open.org/office/OpenDocument/v1.3/cs02/part3-schema/OpenDocument-v1.3-cs02-part3-schema.html#property-fo_font-family