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   From: recscuba_google@huntzinger.com   
      
   On 1/27/26 14:09, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:35:54 -0500, -hh wrote:   
   >   
   >> For example, I can recall past advocacy claims about how one doesn't   
   >> need to pay for MS-Office because their files are compatible in some   
   >> of the FOSS "Office" products. Was this a correct & true statement?   
   >   
   > Microsoft did manage to push through an official-seeming “standard”   
   > (ISO 29500, aka “OOXML”) which is supposed to codify the file formats   
   > they use in Microsoft Office.   
      
   Sure, but this doesn't really address the question that I'm posing.   
      
   Namely that regardless of the mess MS has made, since FOSS clones have   
   been around for years and have featured compatability to MS file formats   
   over this time...   
      
   ...has FOSS done a better job of not orphaning MS's older file formats   
   that MS themselves have now abandoned?   
      
      
   -hh   
      
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