XPost: comp.misc, comp.editors, alt.usage.english   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
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