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DOCX is not an open standard, there are many articles[1][2] why it isn't - even in Wikipedia article [3]. ISO standards committee were just a rubber stamp Micro
by xvilka 4y ago
DOCX is not an open standard, there are many articles[1][2] why it isn't - even in Wikipedia article [3]. ISO standards committee were just a rubber stamp Microsoft puppets to ensure vendor lock for decades.
[1] https://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/01/05/criticism-of-ecma-376-microsoft-office-open-xml/ https://osswatch.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2007/01/05/criticism-of-...
[2] http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/how-to-hire-guillaume-portes.html http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/01/how-to-hire-guillaume-po...
[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Open_XML https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Op...
- jesprenj 4y agoI stand corrected, sorry. Emulating some other proprietary software really shouldn't be a paragraph in something we call an "open standard". Thank you for the links.