An open letter to office suite users, just before the Euro-Office announcement - TDF Community Blog
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/08/an-open-letter/?ref=selfh.st
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/06/08/an-open-letter/?ref=selfh.st
5 Comments
divingdonkey@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 67d
Tdf is right when it comes to Europe needing to switch away from ooxml, but their attacks against Euro-Office are out of place imho. Yes, in a perfect world, we all switch to LibreOffice and start using odf today, but in the real world, already showing users* that there are alternatives to Microslops office suite will be a huge challenge, and Euro-Office can be an ally here. This infighting however only benefits Microslop.
*Here: people outside of the fediverse, who habe no idea/interest in the topic of foss vs corporate driven enshittification
Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 67d
It should be an easy change for EuroOffice to make files save as .odt instead of .docx by default.
divingdonkey@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 67d
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 pts · 67d
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 pts · 66d
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.