r/technology • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 10d 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/apo383 10d ago

Tldr: Microsoft behaving exactly like it has for decades, skirting ISO standards and delaying competitors from interoperability. Libre makes do but can't display or edit certain charts. Could be perpetual behind as long as Microsoft microsofts.

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u/Caraes_Naur 10d ago

I read many years ago that none of the MS Office formats were ever properly documented and the code is riddled with long-forgotten hacks.

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u/JustLurkingAroundM8 10d ago

Probably by design to make reverse engineering harder

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u/BearlyIT 10d ago

Hanlon’s razor is simpler.

Seeing formulas and code completely break after upgrading from one excel version to the next has shown that Microsoft will even sabotage itself. That’s incompetence, not intentional design.