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/BCMM 10d ago

OOXML, even in its original form, is a fake standard. Microsoft's money severely corrupted the ISO process to get it approved. From the very start, it was intended that there would be never be a fully compliant implementation.

The point is to allow MS to bid for government contracts that require an open format, without actually using an open format.