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LibreOffice slams Microsoft for locking in Office users w/ complex file formats

news.ycombinator.com David Uzondu 2025-07-21 09:30:58

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works LibreOffice has been on the offensive lately, taking the time to call out Microsoft and its practices whenever it can. Now, it is at it again, accusing Microsoft of "intentionally" using "unnecessarily complex" file formats to achieve user lock-in with its Microsoft 365 (Office) documents. For those who don't know, XML is a markup language that programs like Microsoft 365 and LibreOffice use t

Topics: file libreoffice microsoft office xml
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Show HN: A different kind of AI Video generation

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-19 19:24:20

Hello! I'm Andrew Arrow, a developer and Final Cut Pro user. My history with FCP goes back years and years, I tried to be a video editor as a career but ended up a software developer. I purchased the full version of the software a long, long time ago. And to Apple's credit, every single time I goto the App Store on any mac I still have access to download it. I must have been through 20, 30? I don't know, but a lot of macs over the years. Just recently I downloaded it again and noticed the XML E

Topics: fcp just time video xml
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XSLT – Native, zero-config build system for the Web

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-25 14:00:41

XSLT XSLT (1999): native, zero-config build system for the Web. From: Grug brain Paco To: Paco Subject: XSLT most static websites created like this data ( .json , .md , .txt ) , , ) build system (Hugo, Next.js, Astro, …) output (static HTML) me make many website, find build system has much complexity. not understand big project like React Next.js, need many PhD for understand how my markdown blog work me want remove framework (many grug do), want use simple HTML and CSS, use sacred spec

Topics: blog html like web xml
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Libxml2's "no security embargoes" policy

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-28 08:36:55

Libxml2's "no security embargoes" policy [LWN subscriber-only content] Welcome to LWN.net The following subscription-only content has been made available to you by an LWN subscriber. Thousands of subscribers depend on LWN for the best news from the Linux and free software communities. If you enjoy this article, please consider subscribing to LWN. Thank you for visiting LWN.net! Libxml2, an XML parser and toolkit, is an almost perfect example of the successes and failures of the open-source mov

Topics: libxml2 open security source wellnhofer
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Unexpected security footguns in Go's parsers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-31 15:35:12

In Go applications, parsing untrusted data creates a dangerous attack surface that’s routinely exploited in the wild. During our security assessments, we’ve repeatedly exploited unexpected behaviors in Go’s JSON, XML, and YAML parsers to bypass authentication, circumvent authorization controls, and exfiltrate sensitive data from production systems. These aren’t theoretical issues—they’ve led to documented vulnerabilities like CVE-2020-16250 (a Hashicorp Vault authentication bypass found by Goog

Topics: data field json parser xml
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