From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote at 05:55 this Tuesday (GMT):   
   > On Tue, 11 Jun 2024 02:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07 wrote:   
   >   
   >> And they made it even more confusing by introducing .docx too.   
   >   
   > That’s a whole new format, which Microsoft has tried to railroad through   
   > as some kind of “international standard” (ISO 29500). Except the   
   > specification document is so opaque and incomprehensible, nobody can be   
   > sure when they’ve implemented it properly or not. So “compatibility”   
   falls   
   > back to meaning “compatible with Microsoft Office”, not “conforming to   
   an   
   > official spec”.   
   >   
   > Stick to ODF, aka ISO 26300. It’s only a small fraction of the complexity,   
   > and much easier to get right.   
      
      
   Why not just use .rtf or .md? Those are way more universal imo.   
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