Now, we also see the active weaponization of trade and threats to supply chains, and it is no longer just about dark corporate patterns but about dependence on private entities tied to the U.S. in its slide away from democracy.
I firmly believe that promoting software that exposes governments to diplomatic coercion should be treated as treason and scrutinized by intelligence.
How so? Any program that can open ODF should be able to handle DOCX, both are open formats.
https://deutschland-stack.gov.de/gesamtbild/
But note there is also a "Euro Stack":
Locking everyone into a particular format is always a bad idea.
For a closed source solution use MS Office or Google docs.
Some NRW libraries used to be on SuSE, are nowadays Windows on kiosk mode.
Fricken apply this thinking to as much software / formats as we can.
[Edit: I work on a Word competitor for lawyers. If anyone here thinks this type of move does anything but further entrench someone like Microsoft who has the resources to implement every format under the sun, I’ve got some news for you. So if it’s not anti-monopolistic, then what? Do you actually think the User prefers it? Honestly?
The world standardizes on VHS two decades ago. How is mandating betamax going to benefit anyone other than the established players and box ticking bureaucrats?]
I understand that it's extra work for you, but if you take a step back and look around you maybe you'd see the greater good.
Then of course maybe that isn't the point which is fine. I'm actually surprised at people reporting on here that ODF is their preferred format. I've worked professionally in documents for two decades and never come across one other than as accidental output from Libreoffice. So perhaps it is my ignorance on display and Germany never was a viable market without this.
