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LibreOffice developer explains why it cannot display some Microsoft Office charts (www.neowin.net)
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Your daily dose of "fuck Microsoft" is here!

The Document Foundation (TDF) recently announced the release of LibreOffice 26.8, and while it packs many new features, its highlight is the lack of any AI integration. This is quite the opposite of what Microsoft has been doing with its Office suite, but the tale of the disagreements between these two entities is as old as time itself, so nothing surprising. Now, TDF has explained why it cannot display some fancy charts that Microsoft Office can visualize without a problem.

Also explained at LO's blog, with a less of a clickbait title: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/17/libreoffice-26-8-and-interoperability/

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[–] 1 point 5 days ago*

I'm not saying there's nowhere left for tech to improve, especially in the medical and biotech space, but in the consumer market there's only so much we realistically need. It has been addressed, end of sentence,

Im just gonna leave a few Quotes here:

When we set the upper limit of PC-DOS at 640K, we thought nobody would ever need that much memory.

William Gates, 1985

In 1894, Albert A. Michelson remarked that in physics there were no more fundamental discoveries to be made. Quoting Lord Kelvin, he continued, “An eminent physicist remarked that the future truths of physical science are to be looked for in the sixth place of decimals.

Saying that IT (or most big industry in general) has nothing left to do except for selling stupid stuff, just because capitalism requires it is straight up delusional.

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