Not really. It was litigated in a district of Texas that's known for patent trolling. It'll come to naught, especially as it's a small Canadian company suing a large US corporation in the US.
:) 2009/8/12 Harry Rickards <hricka...@l33tmyst.com>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Thought this might be of interest... > > - -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales > Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:10:36 +0100 > From: Andrew Guard <andre...@andrewguard.com> > Reply-To: Sussex LUG <sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk> > To: Linux <sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk> > > This could be which breaks camels back on the idea of software patents > and how very dumb it all is. > It all down to fact that it using XML. Microsoft has be order to stop > selling ALL copies of Word in USA. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8197990.stm > - -- > PS3: Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 is the way > > __ > Sussex mailing list > sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk > E-mail Address: sus...@mailman.lug.org.uk > Sussex LUG Website: http://www.sussex.lug.org.uk/ > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sussex > > - -- > Thanks > Harry Rickards <hricka...@l33tmyst.com> > > GPG Key Info: > pub 1024R/58449F6F 2009-06-12 > uid Harry Rickards (OpenPGP Card) <hricka...@l33tmyst.com> > sub 1024R/D775CCEE 2009-06-12 > sub 1024R/9394048C 2009-06-12 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iJwEAQECAAYFAkqC+foACgkQ+9DWHFhEn2+J+wQAjzZfatGIoVb/83IYzfH8RRCe > kZHEZMsxWNBmR6zgbxh12wXAXxRdj0mJBPBdWp8IRnfH5ct+wOAmnAystpOXM8gC > ns75fHLIiVDYOWIFMCu0i2LmOoaX5G8WaWgp9Y2SB79jFnu2dxFqswj6D4wmxTg+ > C4Ar025xYl82whvUyJg= > =yqQu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
