Good to know the news has created enough heat at ilug list :). Though my idea was not bashing Microsux (good one Raj :D) but to share the info with you all.
Regards Dhiraj Gaur On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Yashpal Nagar <yashna...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Dhiraj Gaur <dhiraj.g...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > A United States judge on Tuesday ordered Microsoft > > <http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=microsoft> Corporation > to > > stop selling Microsoft Word in its current form in the US as it infringes > > upon a patent owned by a Canadian company, i4i. > > Little disappointed with the URLs provided, thought of looking for > more information. This is not the first and last news from M$ on > violation of the patents, but the important thing is the "Ruling" by > the court this time. Which has ordered M$ to ban selling the M$ word > in the USA. Which is quite remarkable ruling. > > Apparently the same new is spreaded across all the major news and > leading technology news websites. > some of them are > > http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-08-12-microsoft-lawsuit_N.htm > > which clearly tell how exactly Microsux ( kudos to Raj for inventing > ludicrously innovative term) violated the patents. > > I4i, which mainly makes software for drug and defense companies, > obtained the patent for a "customized XML" tool in 1998. XML is a > specialized alphabet that can capture any kind of computer file as a > regular text. > > Microsoft started using XML as an alternative way to save Word files > in Word 2003 and made it the default format for all Office files in > Office 2007. > > This made it easier for Microsoft and its partners to create programs > such as accounting software that generates reports in Word formats, > says Rob Helm, analyst at research firm Directions on Microsoft. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8197990.stm > > & > > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/08/13/microsoft_priates_settled/ > > Regards, > Yash > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
