The only issue is that they way the patent is worded could apply to ANY xml based configuration iirc , not just office docs.
Cheers Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Rout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:33 PM Subject: Re: MS at it again .... > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 20:16:59 +1300 > Wesley Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OpenOffice.org's been around since 2001. If this was filed in 2003, > > Microsoft are committing fraud, submitting a misleading claim like > > this. > > > > There are laws, are there not, to protect consumers from this sort of > > activity? > > > sorry when did MS start on xml as a format for office docs? before OO I > do believe! > > > > > Wesley Parish > > > > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:32, Brad Beveridge wrote: > > > If it was only filed last year, surely there is plenty of prior art > > > in OpenOffice? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Dale Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 11:42 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: MS at it again .... > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All > > > > > > > > Just noticed this interest snippet ..... > > > > > > > > http://www.nzoss.org.nz/portal/modules.php?name=News&file=arti > > > > cle&sid=284 > > > > <-- kinda a worry ..... > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Dale. > > > > -- > > Wesley Parish > > * * * > > Clinersterton beademung - in all of love. RIP James Blish > > * * * > > Mau e ki, "He aha te mea nui?" > > You ask, "What is the most important thing?" > > Maku e ki, "He tangata, he tangata, he tangata." > > I reply, "It is people, it is people, it is people." > > > > > > > >
