Thank you James; very informative thread you started too. Twayne`
"James Knott" <james.kn...@rogers.com> wrote in message news:4a859558.6060...@rogers.com > Here's another source: > http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219400044 > and > http://adtmag.com/articles/2009/08/12/court-tells-microsoft-to-stop-selling-word-in-us.aspx > > Twayne wrote: >> "James Knott" <james.kn...@rogers.com> wrote in message >> news:4a82e696.1070...@rogers.com >> >>> http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/176223.asp?from=blog_last3 >>> >> >> With all due respect to the OP, and fully understanding I have no >> intention of maligning him in any way, the posted info is: >> >> 1. From a blog: notorious sites of misinformation. >> 2. Has no clarification or verification links present: only a couple >> i4i wanted to see in print or documents that aren't official due to >> their inability to be used as evidence in a court of law, again with >> no verifiable source. >> 3. It doesn't appear, from my meager abilities, to include the >> methods OO.o uses. >> 4. Any way you look at it, the changes needed to get around the >> patent infringement, if it's real, is relatively simple to >> accomplish due to its single-ness in the program. >> 5. Why only Word? Other MS apps also use the XML "stuff". >> 6. It would seem that anyone initiating such an action would go after >> "Office" in order to close up any gaps that may allow the >> infringement to slip into other applications, some of which already >> have it. Maybe not the infringed part; I don't know. >> >> My 2 ยข anyway. Something just smells funny there. >> >> Twayne` >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
