Sending a message: Beijing issues documents without Word format amid US tensions scmp.com 10 points by akyuu 3 hours ago
N19PEDL2 an hour ago Strange that they chose WPS Office’s proprietary format [1] over the Chinese open standard Uniform Office Format [2].[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPS_Office#File_format[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Office_Format
leakycap 3 hours ago No one ever missed a Word document. thenthenthen 2 hours ago The domestic clones are not much better… for one, you need to use your phone number (and thus ID) to even start these apps. _wire_ 2 hours ago Ay, tariffs are finally delivering!
thenthenthen 2 hours ago The domestic clones are not much better… for one, you need to use your phone number (and thus ID) to even start these apps.
beardyw 2 hours ago I mean, Word format is not the only format is it. This may be news to some, I hope not on HN, but maybe to the headline writer.
Strange that they chose WPS Office’s proprietary format [1] over the Chinese open standard Uniform Office Format [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPS_Office#File_format
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Office_Format
No one ever missed a Word document.
The domestic clones are not much better… for one, you need to use your phone number (and thus ID) to even start these apps.
Ay, tariffs are finally delivering!
I mean, Word format is not the only format is it. This may be news to some, I hope not on HN, but maybe to the headline writer.
Who gives a shit?