[CS-FSLUG] Texas Judge Rules Microsoft Can't Sell Word Anymore

[Fred A. Miller]

OpenOffice rules anyway!

Fred

Texas Judge Rules Microsoft Can't Sell Word Anymore
	
Go ahead and clean up the coffee you just spit all over your keyboard.
We'll wait. Back? OK. A judge in Texas ruled that Microsoft Word's XML
systems violate patents by Toronoto-based i4i Inc. Word uses XML in
reading and writing XML, DOCX, and DOCM files.The lawsuit alleges that
MS violated i4i's 1998 XML patent #5,787,449. The injunction will go
into effect in 60 days and prevent Microsoft from selling or
demonstrating Microsoft Word. MS will have to pay i4i about $290 million
in damages.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/12/AR2009081201409.html

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