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Recently, we reported on LibreOffice, accusing Microsoft of intentionally using complex file formats as a tactic to lock in users to Microsoft Office, hindering open source alternatives like LibreOffice. Now, Microsoft has banned LibreOffice developer, Mike Kaganski, from using its services, citing an "activity that violates [its] Services Agreement".

According to Mike, this happened last Monday when he tried to send a technical email to the LibreOffice dev mailing list, which is a normal part of his routine, but Thunderbird returned an error saying the message couldn't be sent. His account was blocked upon retry, and he found himself completely logged out of his Microsoft account.....

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[โ€“] Taalnazi@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

All the more reason to get LibreOffice ~~and OnlyOffice!~~

[โ€“] UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I ditched the latter

The connection between OnlyOffice and Russia has caused some controversy. The company has moved headquarters and attempted to hide its Russian ties through shell companies[21]. The company develops its product in Russia[22]ย and presents itself in the Russian market as a Russian company[23]. For this reason some Ukrainian businesses have moved away from OnlyOffice[24].

[โ€“] oplkill@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[โ€“] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are more concerns in the world than just โ€œis it open source?โ€

[โ€“] Niquarl@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'mbusing it and I haven't donated to them and probably won't after reading that bit so not sure how they are making money through me? So yeah it's different to paying a subscription for something else

[โ€“] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You using this thing helps boost metrics and alert search engines and shit. That boosts their visibility. Just using the thing helps the project.

Frankly, if libreoffice made a cleaner looking UI that wasnโ€™t stuck in the 90s more people would take it seriously. Itโ€™s functional, but curb appeal helps to attract people, to convince them to give it a chance.

While it doesn't bring it up to current standards, it does have a tabbed UI that you can enable by going to View --> User Interface

Personally, I don't fully understand why they don't make that the default and keep supporting the toolbar design as they've always done. I can't imagine there would be a big backlash from existing users who prefer the toolbar UI

[โ€“] Goten@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

thx. i hate russia.

[โ€“] Spaniard@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is everything Russian bad? I understand Ukraine not using anything Russian but the rest of the world?

I didn't say that necessarily. The reason I dropped it is because I don't trust the developers to protect the software from the Russian government if they're based out of Russia.

[โ€“] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago

If I would run a global company based in Russia, I'd also try to hide it, even if no malice is taking place.

This kind of reaction is exactly why.

As long as it's open source, it should be fine, though.