The open source DOCX editor submitted to HN a few weeks ago has been deleted

Post by snowwrestler » Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 10:55 PM UTC

rolph wrote: post #3

it is forseeable that MS would be very interested in taking a security stance vs a very possible vector.

Post by hypercain » Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC

altairprime wrote: post #11

hypercain wrote: post #5

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Your account was created 5 hours ago, and you’ve already had two Show HNs flagged? That’s ‘email the site mods and ask for participation guidance’ territory. Perhaps you posted them under an account that wasn’t participating otherwise on the site and/or was named after a business rather than a person? In any case, bad form to re-promote your projects in an unrelated new post rather than reaching out to the mods. Adap…

Post by archietect » Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 11:04 PM UTC

msm_ wrote: post #21

archietect wrote: post #17

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Github can just instantly take down all forks with a single click of a button.

Post by dofm » Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 11:06 PM UTC

snowwrestler wrote: post #22

rolph wrote: post #3

it is forseeable that MS would be very interested in taking a security stance vs a very possible vector.

A vector against a standardized XML+ZIP document format?

Post by nathanstitt » Fri, Jun 26, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC