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LibreOffice brands Euro-Office a 'de facto ally' of Microsoft's lock-in strategy (www.theregister.com)

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The Document Foundation argues that people should use the Open Document Format instead of OOXML that is controlled by a single company.

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[–] fr0g@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I don't think it's unreasonable to criticize the format choice. However the constant potshots coming recently from LibreOffice directed at other open source office projects and the whole tone of it feel off to me and aren't a good look imo. Sometimes seems like it's more motivated by hurt feelings and not wanting to be left out than by genuine concern for open source values.

[–] yistdaj@pawb.social 12 points 1 day ago

With only one other controversy with Collabora at the moment, I wouldn't call it constant. Agreed that it's not the best look however.

Still, I think it's good they're pushing against OOXML, they just needed to rephrase it more cooperatively.

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 day ago

It really is not a good look. Even though LibreOffice is still my main choice. And you have to respect the saltiness of a project that was born out of sheer spite for Larry Ellison. But it's not a good look.