ODF is the future, OOXML is the past - TDF Community Blog

Whenever a user, a government, a school or a business chooses the format in which to store and exchange its digital documents, it is not merely making a technical decision, but is placing a bet on the kind of digital infrastructure on which it will depend in the future. In this sense, ODF and OOXML are not two equivalent options on the same shelf, but two radically different solutions: one geared towards a future of openness, interoperability and digital sovereignty, and the other towards a past of defending a vendor’s dominant market position through user lock-in. ODF: designed to be open and transparent Open Document Format was conceived from the outset to be an open standard. It was designed and developed by the community under the auspices of OASIS, and subsequently ratified by ISO, to be implemented by anyone, on any platform, without royalties, without hidden dependencies and without the permission of any single company. These are not trivial technical details, but a statement of political and economic strategy embedded within the format itself. ODF is based on a clean XML schema, easy to read even by non-technical users and reusable. Colour naming follows standard web conventions, and its architecture

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ODF est l’avenir, OOXML le passé - LinuxFr.org

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ODF est l’avenir, OOXML le passé - LinuxFr.org

L’actualité du logiciel libre et des sujets voisins (DIY, Open Hardware, Open Data, les Communs, etc.), sur un site francophone contributif géré par une équipe bénévole par et pour des libristes enthousiastes

« #ODF est l’avenir, #OOXML le passé »

Le choix d’un format de fichier n’est pas anodin et a des implications très larges.

« Les formats ODF et OOXML ne sont pas des options équivalentes parmi d’autres, mais des solutions radicalement différentes : l’une est tournée vers un avenir d’ouverture, d’interopérabilité et de souveraineté numérique, quand l’autre est resté sur un passé où l’on défendait la position dominante d’une entreprise via un verrouillage numérique. »

https://linuxfr.org/news/odf-est-l-avenir-ooxml-le-passe

Lettera aperta ai cittadini europei sulla sovranità digitale – SoftwareLiberoLiguria.org

Clearly...

Whew!

I migrated to open source to escape this kind of corporate (or political) BS.

I'm VERY happy to support LibreOffice.

#OnlyOffice #ODF #OpenSource #LibreOffice

https://slashdot.org/story/26/03/31/0438235/euro-office-wants-to-replace-google-docs-and-microsoft-office?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Euro-Office Wants To Replace Google Docs and Microsoft Office - Slashdot

Euro-Office is a new open-source project supported by several European companies that aims to offer a "truly open, transparent and sovereign solution for collaborate document editing," using OnlyOffice as a starting point. The project is positioned around European digital independence and familiar O...

Open Spreekuur: open en leverancieronafhankelijk publiceren 🔓

Vragen over #ODF, #HTML of #CSV? Of benieuwd hoe open en leveranciersonafhankelijk publiceren bijdraagt aan onze digitale autonomie? Schuif aan!

📅 Woensdag 1 april (geen grap!)
🕒 14:00 - 15:00 uur
📍 Info & link: https://www.forumstandaardisatie.nl/nieuws/open-spreekuur-open-en-leverancieronafhankelijk-publiceren

Inclusief demo van de nieuwe keuzehulp voor open en leverancieronafhankelijk publiceren: https://openpubliceren.nl

@DigitaleOverheid @openstate

Open Spreekuur: open en leverancieronafhankelijk publiceren | Forum Standaardisatie

Een open en leveranciersonafhankelijke overheid zorgt ervoor dat overheidsinformatie en -data online vindbaar zijn, digitaal toegankelijk, herbruikbaar èn in een open bestandsformaat. Op dit Open Spreekuur stel je je vragen over open en leveranciersonafhankelijk publiceren èn krijg je een demo van de nieuwe keuzehulp Open Publiceren voor het publiceren van overheidsinformatie en -data.

Open Letter to European Citizens
The door to digital sovereignty is open, please come in
We ask European citizens, and through them those who govern European countries, to understand one important thing: the door to digital sovereignty does not open simply by choosing different software, but by understanding what sovereignty actually entails.
It requires open document formats, open fonts, continuity of expertise, and honesty about what "open" means.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/31/open-letter-to-european-citizens/

@libreoffice #odf

Open Letter to European Citizens
The door to digital sovereignty is open, please come in
We ask European citizens, and through them those who govern European countries, to understand one important thing: the door to digital sovereignty does not open simply by choosing different software, but by understanding what sovereignty actually entails.
It requires open document formats, open fonts, continuity of expertise, and honesty about what "open" means.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/31/open-letter-to-european-citizens/

@libreoffice #odf

Revue de presse de l’April pour la semaine 13 de l’année 2026 - LinuxFr.org

Revue de presse de l’April pour la semaine 13 de l’année 2026