Recently, we reported on LibreOffice, accusing Microsoft of intentionally using complex file formats as a tactic to lock in users to Microsoft Office, hindering open source alternatives like LibreOffice. Now, Microsoft has banned LibreOffice developer, Mike Kaganski, from using its services, citing an “activity that violates [its] Services Agreement”.
According to Mike, this happened last Monday when he tried to send a technical email to the LibreOffice dev mailing list, which is a normal part of his routine, but Thunderbird returned an error saying the message couldn’t be sent. His account was blocked upon retry, and he found himself completely logged out of his Microsoft account…
I’m decidedly NOT a computer expert, but our newest computer, which is always trying to force us to save things to “One Drive,” now no longer even lets me open Libre Office files. Is there any way I can fix that? I would think a bunch of people would be suing MS over that, except that in this current political climate, that’s probably not even going to go anywhere.
Just to make sure I’ve understood you correctly: You are trying to open LibreOffice odt or ods files on a ‘new’ computer with MS Office (365?) installed. Or did you install LibreOffice on that one?