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    [–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    On another note: why do we have open standards like jpeg and png but proprietary shit like docx?

    [–] 0x4E4F 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    MS took over that market in the 90's when shit was settlig down after the UNIX wars and people didn't actually have an alternative. MS came in and swooped the market.

    It is hard to switch when ”the defaults"are in place.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    Thanks. Thats actually very interesting. Do you know if there is a good open alternative at this point?

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)
    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    Thanks for mentioning it. I had forgotten it exists since I barely use word processors atm.