http://news.com.com/2100-1013_3-5146581.html
<snip> Microsoft has applied for patents that could prevent competing applications from processing documents created with the latest version of the software giant's Office program. </snip> <snip> "they could prevent future versions of OpenOffice and StarOffice, its proprietary sibling, from working with Microsoft's XML format." </snip> -- /'We're looking at a future where only the very largest companies will be able to implement software, and it will technically be illegal for other people to do so.'" -Bruce Perens --On software patenenting. /
