On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:01, Hinton Carl wrote: > Who owns WordPerfect? Corel. They were sold it by Novell, who bought WordPerfect Corp. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wesley Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 January 2006 10:42 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [discuss] Sooner or Later > > > Is it worth while pointing out that the favourite word processor of > Legal > Offices seems to be WordPerfect, and WordPerfect 5.1 had Long Document > Names > piggybacking Short File Names in 1990, whereas MS Win95, the first > Windows to > my knowledge that had Long File Names piggybacking Short File Names, > came out > in 1995? > > I think it's time to twist the knife. > > Wesley Parish > > On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:28, Roger Markus wrote: > > Microsoft continues to acquire patents for things which have no > > business being patented. The article below from John Oates at the > > Register mentions Linux and open source, without specifically naming > > OpenOffice, but - make no mistake - we are in the same boat as Linux. > > > > If Linux is destroyed, so to will be OpenOffice. > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/11/microsoft_wins_patent_case/ > > > > Re: The US Patent Office has upheld Microsoft's claim of patent > > rights over its File Allocation Table. > > The decision reverses two earlier judgements and potentially > > allows Microsoft to go after open-source developers who use the > > technology. FAT controls how computers store information to hard > > drives and other storage devices such as Flash cards. > > The US Patent and Trademark Office ruled that the file system is > > "novel and non-obvious" and, therefore, deserving of a patent. > > The decision is important because it could mean Microsoft could > > force open-source distributors to pay it a royalty or remove the > > software from their products. Open-source software must, by > > definition, be patent-free. Concerns over patents within some Linux > > distributions have been blamed for hindering wider adoption of the > > operating system. > > > Florian Mueller, founder of nosoftwarepatents.com, said the > > decision gave Microsoft the weapons to attack Linux. Mueller said: > > "This is now a situation in which Microsoft could cause major problems > > > > to Linux vendors and users. Microsoft may not want to do that yet for > > other considerations, but the USPTO's decision gives Microsoft the > > strategic option to do so at a time of its choosing. Also, the USPTO > > and even the European Patent Office continue to grant new patents to > > Microsoft daily, and some of them may be equally dangerous to open > > source as the FAT patents. > > > "The example of the FAT patents shows that all those patent > > quality initiatives and patent pledges have no significant value to > > open-source developers, vendors and users if Microsoft ever wants to > > go for Linux's throat." > > > > The US patent agency is either corrupt and/or imbecilic. > > Unfortunately the rot at the top is spreading. Either we stop the rot > > > > or it will rot us. The irony of course is that even if the rot "wins", > > > > it will lose, because - being a parasite - it cannot live without > > something to feed upon. Let's put it out of its misery sooner rather > > than later. We could live with or without Microsoft, but they can't > > live with us - or so they think, correctly perhaps. They have built > > up their mighty empire through theft of others' ideas and through > > regularly breaking the law. They are an illegal bunch of scoundrels. > > > > Apparently they realize that they cannot win a fair and open fight and > > > > so ever more dirty do they become. > > > > To save open source, only the force of honest law and people with > > backbone and courage can... must... force them to stop ravaging and > > destroying the computer industry and the freedom of the Internet. > > > > I'm ranting and raving? You bet. The stakes are high and ranting > > after your dreams and livelihood have been destroyed is too bloody > > late! Now is the time to have some backbone and stand up. While I'm > > on the subject, here's a call for the Microsoft supporters to get off > > of this list. You cannot support both Microsoft and OpenOffice. If > > you support Microsoft, you are for the destruction of OpenOffice and > > do not belong in this group. Many of us are stuck using Microsoft's > > illegal software through having no choice - but that is no excuse to > > raise your voices in support of an illegal tyrant! > > > > RM
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