Steve C. Thompson wrote:
Still, the latest MS .docs are XML and therefore should be relatively easy to support with any Word Processor.
Yeah, except for ``Patent 525484, accepted by the office and now open for objections until the end of May, says Microsoft invented and owns the process whereby a word-processing document stored in a single XML file may be manipulated by applications that understand XML.''
see http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10115247
This is what we're up against.
Steve
That's precisely it, Steve!!
While on the one hand, it is true that MS's XML doc files would be *technically* easier to support, they are doing everything in their power to make it *legally* impossible to do so. At least if you aren't willing to pay licensing fees for the privilege.
But isn't there prior art to this? Was M$ involved with the development of XML? Hasn't SUN got a leg to stand on?
This is another example of how the patent process needs to be revamped.
-- Robin Laing
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