There is no digital sovereignty without ODF

“The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee was forced in 2020 to rename dozens of human genes – including SEPT1 and MARCH1 – because Excel kept silently converting their symbols to dates. Rather than going to Microsoft and demanding a bug fix, scientists preferred to throw years of established nomenclature down the drain to avoid upsetting Redmond. A revealing precedent.”

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/15/no-digital-sovereignty-without-odf/
@resist

  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Every few years I check to see if Excel can parse an ISO8601 timestamp…

    It’s shit.