This is the first I'm hearing of this:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/151...be-overturned/
Anyone know what this is all about?
-tg
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This is the first I'm hearing of this:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/151...be-overturned/
Anyone know what this is all about?
-tg
Not Word sales by itself but only when packaged on new computer system sales.
Quote:
For their part, Dell and HP are basically arguing that it's unfair for them to get caught up in the dispute between two other parties, and that the injunction against the sale of Word (or the inclusion of it on new computers) would be devastating to their businesses.
That article linked to this one: http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/147231
Which stated
Doesn't say anything about new computer sales...Quote:
That means that, according to the ruling, Microsoft is required to stop selling Word within 60 days
Apparently it's been brewing for a while.
-tgQuote:
The spat involves Microsoft's use of XML, which became a default file system beginning with Word 2007 and the new ".docx" format that it uses. i4i has a patent over the use of XML as it relates to Microsoft Word -- granted way back in 1998 -- and naturally it sued Microsoft in 2007 after the company began offering a similar feature out of the box. ANd sure enough, the court said that Microsoft's implementation of XML violated i4i's patent.
How on earth can you have a patent on the usage of an open standard such as XML? I'm certain the implementation that i4i uses and the implementation that Microsoft uses are completely different. It's these pathetic blanket patents. I bet if I got a patent to use XML and automobiles together, within the next 10 years I'd be able to sue someone because they decided to store internal automotive computer data into an XML structure... sad, really sad.
I doubt we'll see even a hiccup in Word sales from this though.
It's almost as is there a patent for such and such? Lets create one... Even if it is totally no needed and does not make sense.
Who knows, maybe we will see a surge in Word sales as people think they wont be able to buy it anymore. Office 2010 anyone? Hurry while supplies last :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jenner
The ad campaign would read:
Yo! Word...to your mother!
Available now for a limited time - Word 2009 Gangsta Edition:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
:D :cool:
2009? Was that "Word fo' Mac Daddy" or what?