An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word in pure Rust

Re:An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft ... by pulkitbanta on Monday October 12, 2026 @12:15AM (#50051321)

Why not use LibreOffice which is already open source? I'm just trying to understand what we are solving here and why do we need a 1:1 of some other tool while existing tools which are much refined already exist?

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Re:An open-source, clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft ... by inventor7777 on Monday October 12, 2026 @12:20AM (#50051341)

I’d assume to try and be a simpler replacement for those already used to Word, like my father. He absolutely hates Word and Microsoft but he does not want to switch because he has been using Word for the past 20 years.

Of course, the quality of this is nowhere near good enough, but in theory :)

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