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An open letter to office suite users, just before the Euro-Office announcement - TDF Community Blog (blog.documentfoundation.org)

submitted 1 month ago by ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@programming.dev

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[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It should be an easy change for EuroOffice to make files save as .odt instead of .docx by default.

[–] divingdonkey@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, and as soon as the move away from MS office gains momentum, this should be the default. But I'm not convinced that this is how you push forward wider adoption. User adoption (and pushback) can make or break a migration towards better systems, no matter how smart the move is from a rational pov

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

100%. Microsoft's whole thing is Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, but they're not immune to it happening to them too. EuroOffice can embrace docx for now but extinguish it later on

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Afaik that was mentioned as the plan in the Euro-office announcement post, but OnlyOffice has been designed for maximum compatibility with the Microsoft formats and .odf support is only an afterthough.