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The ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/codex-libreoffice/posted in Technology
The ChatGPT desktop app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice
simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/codex-libreoffice/Replying to @inari@piefed.zip
… But why?
Surely there are openxml packages for their platform that dont need a full office installation/redistrubution. Like how with c# there is the openxml package.
Hell, worst case you have it do word tasks on the server via api. Api already can do it for the online chatgpt…
Replying to @DacoTaco@lemmy.world
Well, pulling in unnecessary dependencies is something ai-written code tends to do, so…
Replying to @Feathercrown@lemmy.world
Tbh, not only ai written code. Many people do too.
Replying to @DacoTaco@lemmy.world
I know. It would just be funny if the claude desktop app was made by claude.