From a source claiming to be a MS insider[1], reason number 2 for docx was possibly to make Word docs hard to render properly outside of Word. I remember how ea

From a source claiming to be a MS insider[1], reason number 2 for docx was possibly to make Word docs hard to render properly outside of Word. I remember how easy switching to Linux would have been years ago if OpenOffice (LibreOffice) would just properly save and open Word docs. Same dirty tricks they have been using for decades to sabotage competition. I think Firefox had some issue recently with them treating Edge preferentially too. Really need some antitrust probes. [1] https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Microsoft-create-the-Open-Office-XML-format-docx-xlsx-pptx?top_ans=1561962 https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Microsoft-create-the-Open-Offi...