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Word and Office to be barred from sale starting January 11
diotav op 22 december 2009 #
Microsoft loses patent appeal; Word and Office to be barred from sale starting January 11 It's getting closer and closer to check-writing time for Steve Ballmer, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just upheld a decision that would see Microsoft Word and Office banned from sale starting January 11. If you'll recall, Microsoft lost a patent infringement suit against XML specialists i4i back in May when it was found that Word's handling of .xml, .docx, and .docm files infringed upon i4i's patented XML handling algorithms, but the injunction against further Word sales was put on hold pending the results of this appeal. Now that Microsoft has lost once again, we'd expect either another appeal and request for the injunction to be stayed, this time to the Supreme Court, or for a settlement between these two that would end this whole mess right now. We'll see what happens -- stay tuned. P.S.- Just to be clear on this, i4i isn't a patent troll -- it's a a 30 person database design company that shipped one of the first XML plugins for Office and was actually responsible for revamping the entire USPTO database around XML to make it compatible with Word back in 2000. What's more, the patents involved here don't cover XML itself, but rather the specific algorithms used to read and write custom XML -- so OpenOffice users can breathe easy, as i4i has said the suite doesn't infringe. Existing Office users should also be fine, as only future sales of Word are affected by the ruling, not any already-sold products. Engadget: Helping you flame with accuracy. Update: Microsoft says it's moving quickly to prepare versions of Office 2007 and Word 2007 that don't have the "little-used" XML features for sale by January 11, and that the Office 2010 beta "does not contain the technology covered by the injunction," which can be read in a number of ways. It's also considering an appeal, so we'll see what happens next. Source: Engadget
Voor het gemak even het Engelstalige artikel van Engadget overgenomen. Microsoft komt dus niet met alles weg.
diotav op 22 december 2009 #
Niet gerelateerd aan Apple .. Office is er toch ook voor de Mac?
[size=9:2dbfd7bcfe]Ik postte ook per ongeluk onder Algemeen. -_-[/size:2dbfd7bcfe]
Lexis op 22 december 2009 #
En @ Yaris Het gaat toch om de macversie? Zie hoofdpagina OMT... Lijkt mij het best onder overige software...
Yaris op 22 december 2009 #
Jullie hebben gelijk, terug naar Algemeen dan maar. (Dit topic is geen technische vraag over Office for Mac maar gaat over rechtszaken en patenten, daarom lijkt Algemeen me beter dan Overige Software).
Night op 22 december 2009 #
Veel belangrijker nog: hoe is de compatibiliteit met de 'oudere' versie(s)?
hansiedejong op 22 december 2009 #
ja inderdaad, ik verwacht wel een mooie en goed werkende versie, misschien dan toch maar overstap maken van iWork 09 naar Office 10..
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