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I agree. Excel being so dominant in its market segments makes data interop harder for no other reason than they use proprietary default formats and don’t quite

I agree. Excel being so dominant in its market segments makes data interop harder for no other reason than they use proprietary default formats and don’t quite support CSV in a conformant way Not quite related but I once saw a proposal that file formats should be regulated to require documented interoperability. This change would foster a ton of competition and evolve standards as an industry to the benefit to all is the argument in a nutshell. If XLSX was documented for interop it would also go a long way in data independence

zokier 3y ago
You mean like ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500? See also https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/main/ms-openspeclp/3589baea-5b22-48f2-9d43-f5bea4960ddb https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/main/ms-openspec... Some historical note: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2526864/microsoft-offers-office-2010-file-format--ballot--to-stop-eu-antitrust-pro.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/2526864/microsoft-offe...