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LibreOffice blasts 'fake open source' OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft to lock users in (blog.documentfoundation.org)
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[–] 11 points 8 months ago (4 children)

how does using docx lock users to microsoft? you can use onlyoffice to open and edit docx, ya dont need microsoft 365? pls explain to me guys

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  • [–] 35 points 8 months ago

    Microsoft-supported formats are badly documented, and regularly broken by updates of the software before changes are understood (if there's even an update to the loose spec we used to have). That's a problem.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I've had a resume and a work report, both look good for me but totally broken in word.

    In my experience this means that the only way to be sure that your docx document is going to look right when shared with other people is to use MS Word, thereby locking us all in.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago*

    but this is really only true and a problem for the end user, and you can't maintain an empire by refusing to collaborate with the larger userbase.

    that's how Adobe became an industry standard. They eventually claimed the larger userbase and businesses had to adapt or spend millions on training.

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