Fantastic news! Microsoft should have paid more then the $300 mil. They were caught this time, but imagine how many times they have gotten away with stuff like this in the past.
IMO: I am not sure this will affect FLOSS, but it is always a good thing when M$ has to pay. It will probably not matter much to end users who buying M$ products, unless the stripping of this code has a huge functional impact on the Word "experience". Maybe then folks will look to Ooo. It might cause a dip in M$FT stock; 300mil + not selling the product for a period of time in this economy, however M$FT 30.82 +0.30 (0.98%) for the day. my 2 cents, Chris... On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote: > Sorry about the early send. Microsoft has lost it's appeal: > > http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142611/Court_rejects_Microsoft_appeal_bans_Word_sales?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2009-12-22 > > What affect, if anything, will this decision have on any of the open source > office programs? > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman > Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
