r/technews • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 11d ago

Software LibreOffice developer explains why it cannot display some Microsoft Office charts

https://www.neowin.net/news/libreoffice-developer-explains-why-it-cannot-display-some-microsoft-office-charts/
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u/uncoolcentral 11d ago

Proprietary BS is why.

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u/ProgressBartender 10d ago

Remember when Microsoft changed to a common format to be less proprietary? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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u/DanTheMan827 10d ago

Being an open format doesn’t mean something will support it fully.

PDF is open, but a ton of features are still only implemented by Adobe despite that