LibreOffice critica la Commissione Europea per i formati XLSX proprietari

Another daily reminder that the people in charge of deciding Europe’s tech independence don’t understand nearly enough of it to make said decisions.

The commission accepted the request in less than 24 hours

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/03/05/cra-guidances/

This is going to be a fun hot take, but everyone finds it fun to criticize usage of Microsoft Office but try doing anything useful outside of that ecosystem.

Some problems require proper tools such as collaborative editing, reverse compatibility with (older) documents, and the ability to do serious work in a consistent way that doesn’t drive users crazy.

The maturity of the other tools is the problem here.

I don’t and will never use a flathead screwdriver to screw in 1000 Phillips head screws.