LibreOffice slams rival Euro-Office as a 'de facto ally' of Microsoft lock-in — as concerns over possible Russian interference rise

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• Euro-Office defaults to Microsoft's OOXML format, encouraging vendor lock-in
• LibreOffice calls the European sovereign offering a blatant "freeware" copy of MS Office
• Euro-Office and its origins, OnlyOffice, are mostly created by Russian developers

The Document Foundation – the organization behind LibreOffice – has publicly criticized Euro-Office over concerns that it does not genuinely promote European digital sovereignty despite its marketing as a viable European alternative to the likes of Microsoft Office.