CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agoIn all silence, the Digitization Ministry has dropped large-scale open source alternative attempts to Microsoftwww.computerworld.dkexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-down1external-linkIn all silence, the Digitization Ministry has dropped large-scale open source alternative attempts to Microsoftwww.computerworld.dkCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square24linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareZahtu@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-211 hours agowell, apparently every European country needs to promote its own Microsoft Office competitor. In germany, we have just started with openDesk Suite 😅
minus-squaregian @lemmy.grys.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoIn the end it is more important that the file you produce could be read (correctly) by someone else than that both use the same Office.
minus-squarebad1080@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 days agothat’s what pdf’s are for
minus-squarelibewa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoHave you ever tried to edit a PDF? Also, technically PDF is a proprietary format controlled by Adobe, just like OOXML is an “open” format, controlled by Microslop.
minus-squarebad1080@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 hours ago the file you produce could be read (correctly) by someone else that was the original quote i replied to, nothing about editing in there as far as i can see
minus-squarelibewa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoMy second point still stands: PDF is a semi-open format that allows (and uses) proprietary extensions.
well, apparently every European country needs to promote its own Microsoft Office competitor. In germany, we have just started with openDesk Suite 😅
In the end it is more important that the file you produce could be read (correctly) by someone else than that both use the same Office.
that’s what pdf’s are for
Have you ever tried to edit a PDF? Also, technically PDF is a proprietary format controlled by Adobe, just like OOXML is an “open” format, controlled by Microslop.
that was the original quote i replied to, nothing about editing in there as far as i can see
My second point still stands: PDF is a semi-open format that allows (and uses) proprietary extensions.