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heise online – Guest Commentary: The converter hoax

In other words: The only way to not be locked into MS-OOXML is to stay away from it. Because no matter what Microsoft and its business partners claim, the converters promote lock-in, they don’t avoid it.

(tags: fsfe open+standard odf OOXML microsoft hoax lock-in)

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Community manager, mobile open source expert, free/libre software enthusiast, GNU/Linux user since 1998. View all posts by smaffulli

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