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Re:How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool... by nemo136 on Monday July 20, 2026 @04:10AM (#48975643)
Yeah, and block as much as possible the possibility to include their cash cow (office) in open source: the desktop Microsoft Office apps are impossible to run under Linux without a VM, and the web versions are a PITA and lack many necessary features.
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Re:How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool... by samrus on Monday July 20, 2026 @04:51AM (#48976005)
What i absolutely love is that this exact strategy is why coding agents dont work with proprietary tools. Open standards have so much context out in the open that any harness/agent can work effortlessly with it. But things like excel and word need manual integration which will be slow and painful and wont offer the same seamlessness for a feasible amount on effort.

Its an amazing schadenfruede, and im revelling in it

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