SahwaMar 8

LibreOffice criticizes EU Commission over proprietary XLSX formats

https://reddthat.com/post/61544796

LibreOffice criticizes EU Commission over proprietary XLSX formats - Reddthat

>The Foundation sees this as a contradiction to the EU’s own interoperability goals. Although XLSX is standardized as OOXML according to ISO/IEC 29500, Microsoft’s implementations often deviate from the specifications. Furthermore, features often change undocumented, which complicates compatibility with open-source software such as LibreOffice.

Show threadgrueMar 8
“OOXML” is literally just an XML serialization of MS Office internal data structures that Microsoft bribed the standards body to push through.
Show threadB-TR3EMar 8
“bribed” is a gross simplifiction of the almost hilariously evil plot they pulled to get OOXML certified. They actually bribed a couple of smaller nation states to become IETF members and vote for Microsoft’s standard. It was a major scandal back in the day but formally legal.
Show threadExatron
I remember that plot also gumming up IETF business because the bribed nations just stopped participating after voting for Microsoft.
Mar 8 at 10:27pmWeb