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by CorrectHorseBat 288 days ago
Both can be true at once.

They didn't want a standard other people could adapt easily nor do the work to make Word adhere to one and it had to happen fast. By doing it the way they did they got everything they wanted and only needed to buy ISO.

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Sounds exactly like deliberate sabotage to me.