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

[Davo Smith]

I see very little good in this announcement - it is just another
company being stung by a ridiculous software patent. The only possibly
good thing would be if this encourages MS to put some of its budget
into  campaigning for the abolition of software patents (and making
sure we never get landed with them over here in Europe). Then, maybe,
we can get a few more Linux distros that can play mp3s, etc., 'out of
the box', without having to pander to silly US patent rules...

Davo

On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Fred A. Miller<fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> 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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