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LibreOffice bashes Microsoft for "absurd" OOXML format and Excel's handling of dates

Usama Jawad — Wed, 20 May 2026 19:42:01 +0000

LibreOffice just launched another brutal attack on Microsoft Office, accusing it of trapping users with broken and misleading file standards. Read more...

EU forced to add open document option after criticism over Microsoft Excel template

Usama Jawad — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:20:02 +0000

LibreOffice's developer slammed the EU for using an Excel template for CRA feedback. It didn't take long for the situation to shift. Read more...

LibreOffice blasts 'fake open source' OnlyOffice for working with Microsoft to lock users in

David Uzondu — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 20:00:01 +0000

LibreOffice is expanding its line of attack, now targeting OnlyOffice, its rival, for being "partners with Microsoft in a strategy to lock users in." Read more...

LibreOffice improves interoperability with Microsoft Office files

Usama Jawad — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:40:01 +0000

LibreOffice's latest version has enhanced compatibility and interoperability with Microsoft Office files. Read more...

Revealed: Office 2010 ballot screen for default file format, OOXML or ODF

Tom Warren — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:49:49 +0000

Microsoft has made several changes to a Release Candidate version of Office 2010 made available to testers recently. One change in particular prompts users whether they want to use Office Open XML (OOXML) or OpenDocument... Read more...

Finally, Google Docs can open DOCX and XLSX files

James Hall — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:43:08 +0000

Why has it taken them so long? A bit of history may help us to understand. When Microsoft released Office 2007, they updated key formats for saving files, including Word DOC, Excel XLS, and... Read more...

MS Wins OOXML Battle

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:03:51 +0000

Although an official ISO statement is expected to come tomorrow, a leaked decision has shown that Microsoft has won a battle to have a key document format adopted as a global standard, improving its chances... Read more...

Balloting Ends for Close OOXML Ratification

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:21:59 +0000

Balloting on whether Office Open XML (OOXML) should become an international document standard closed at midnight Saturday in Geneva, in an apparently tight vote. The results have not yet been officially announced. In order for... Read more...

Microsoft OOXML SDK Renews Standards Debate

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:42:32 +0000

With the non-decision from the ISO standards body last month on whether or not to adopt Microsoft OOXML (Open Office XML) file format as an industry standard and Microsoft's decision to release the OOXML SDK... Read more...

Meeting Over OOXML Descends into Chaos

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:56:10 +0000

According to sources close to the situation, a closed-door meeting hosted by the ISO in Geneva to hammer out a consensus on whether a Microsoft document format should become an international standard descended into near... Read more...

ISO votes to reject Microsoft's OOXML as standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:50:54 +0000

Microsoft Corp. has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization. The proposal must now be... Read more...

Swedes Invalidate OOXML Vote Over Fraud Allegations

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:59:46 +0000

The Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) has invalidated this week's ballot on the proposed Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, eliminating one vote in favour of the standard before the International Standards Organization (ISO). The body said... Read more...