microsoft is a dirty bastard
this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
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LibreOffice is right about Microsoft, and it matters more than you think.
(www.xda-developers.com)
I mean, they could just really suck at writing good software. Isn't some sort of rule of thumb law to never attribute to malicious intent what can just as easily be explained by stupidity?
There is such a law, but many of us feel that Microsoft has proven malice a few times, when it comes to open standards.
Disappointing Fox news version of Windows' take of something somebody at Libre once said about Windows' domination of markets.
This read like basics. Was hoping for more info on how unusable XML was fot LibreOffice or if it wasn't (unusable to OSS versions). Obviously, OSS is better for enough reasons that a few in the EU are switching government computers from Windows to Linux.
Yes, corporate & proprietary schtick is lame & crippling. Old news. Guess it needs to be yelled until we research start taking about (marketing) FOSS Solutions.
There are people for whom this is news? Cheesus chroist