On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:09 PM, Ajay Pal Singh Atwal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2009/12/24 Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Sudev Barar <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 2009/12/24 Guru गुरु <[email protected]>: >>> > Microsoft was accused by i4i of infringing on a 1998 XML patent in its >>> > Word >>> > 2003 and Word 2007 programs. Word uses XML, or the Extensible Markup >>> > Language, to open .XML, .DOCX, and .DOCM files.The initial ruling in the >>> > court dispute between i4i and Microsoft was made in August. At that time >>> >>> Can any one comment what this may do to the document standards that M$ >>> was pushing vis ODF? >> >> Can anyone comment on how quickly this ban can be enforced in India? It may >> help with our efforts to get state governments to remove specifications >> (implicit or otherwise) for proprietary software when releasing >> tenders/orders. > > I am not sure if US patents laws regarding software are applicable in India. > But MS being a US company (and functioning under US laws) may on its own > withdraw/ replace the version of the office suite for sale in India.
This is what they are doing is what I read on the BBC. The specific feature is to be removed and they have mostly done so in anticipation of this judgment. I think MS claimed that the feature was less used. But like Sudev asked, has this feature got into the the document standard and what are the implications therein? > > -- > Cheers > > Ajay Pal Singh Atwal > _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
