LibreOffice’s blunt charge that Microsoft is using an “artificially complex” Office XML schema as a deliberate lock‑in tool landed like a splash of cold water—and the splash matters because it exposes how fragile interoperability, user choice, and long‑term digital access really are in a world...
Microsoft and LibreOffice have long been locked in a quiet, ongoing struggle for dominance in the world of office productivity software, but recent statements from the LibreOffice camp have thrust this rivalry—and its implications—back into the spotlight. At the heart of the issue lies the...
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