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   Retrograde to All   
   Open Doc Format turns 20   
   03 May 25 11:43:29   
   
   From: fungus@amongus.com.invalid   
      
   From the «and thank $DEITY for it» department:   
   Title: Open Document Format turns 20, but Microsoft Office still reigns supreme   
   Author: Dan Robinson   
   Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 09:29:09 +0000   
   Link: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/0   
   /03/20_years_open_document_format/   
      
   A look back at two decades of ODF, from open source hopes to patchy real-world   
   adoption   
      
   It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard,   
   marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats — and   
   the   
   beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful attempt to loosen Microsoft   
   Office's grip on the desktop.…   
      
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