Kind of defeats the whole idea behind moving to XML..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Eric G Ortego
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 11:19 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [brlug-general] End of OpenOffice?
>
> 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>
