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0 pointsgraemep8mo ago0 comments

> When they have a monopoly, places like the EU will frown on purposefully breaking compatibility.

What exactly have they done about it?

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Without knowing too much of the EU history, I have always understood that anti-trust pressure from the EU effectively forced Microsoft to publish the OOXML spec in the first place.

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0 pointsgraemep8mo ago0 comments

> When they have a monopoly, places like the EU will frown on purposefully breaking compatibility.

What exactly have they done about it?

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piker8mo ago

Without knowing too much of the EU history, I have always understood that anti-trust pressure from the EU effectively forced Microsoft to publish the OOXML spec in the first place.

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