Submitted 1 day ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
Another day, another complaint about Microsoft from LibreOffice. This time, LibreOffice accuses Microsoft of intentionally using overly complex XML to define documents and lock in users.
It’s been like that since the files got X on the end; docx, xlsx, pbix. They are just zip files containing XML and stuff. This is how you can turn off any password protection of a file, change to zip, disable protection in the XML, change the extension back.
EU: “The Americans sent another goddamn .docx file.”
embassy gets sent a notice that closed source formats are not accepted
Microsoft: REEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Sadly EU not only uses Microsoft Office but they even misuse it. EDPS finds European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 violates EU data protection law
I mean since the company literally pioneered these type of techniques. Unfortunately I don’t see this being fixed anytime soon
And Google copied and adapted them, on Android and in the Internet.
MS has been playing this game since the early 90’s
This isn’t new, WordPerfect was killed by this among other illegal MS moves.
It’s more egregious to me that if you properly implement the Office OpenXML [sic] formats, it won’t work with MS Office, because they don’t follow their own specs.
I remember working with a library called HSSF to read excel files some years ago. It’s an acronym meaning Horrible SpreadSheet Format.
I echo the devs sentiment.
I wonder if this is something AI could figure out. Some sort of file converter that can load the doc in office 365 and 'figure out' how what tomfoolery was used this time.
My understanding is this problem space isn’t solved very well with LLMs, which is what “AI” usually means or meant if it’s not entirely just a hype vibe word at this point.
I'm thinking more of pattern matching and rapid testing of variants etc, not the LLM stuff.
This is the innovation that capitalism breeds. The one they have been telling us all this time, remember?
And now Microsoft is supported in every thread by an army of stan bots.
What is this, 2007?
I have some bad news for you
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Microsoft being an illegal monopoly for the *checks notes* twenty-fourth official year.
Just out-and-out assholes for the fiftieth straight year.