Forgot to mention, Microsoft has a long history of talking to companies to use their technology, then backing away, only to have that technology show up in a Microsoft product. One that comes to mind it Stacker, the disk compression technology.
James Knott wrote: > There are many other sources about this, including Reuters and Toronto > Star. The company that sued Microsoft if located in Toronto. Here's > the Toronto Star link: http://www.thestar.com/article/680417 > > > Twayne wrote: > >> "James Knott" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected] >> >> >>> http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/176223.asp?from=blog_last3 >>> >>> >> With all due respect to the OP, and fully understanding I have no >> intention of maligning him in any way, the posted info is: >> >> 1. From a blog: notorious sites of misinformation. >> 2. Has no clarification or verification links present: only a couple >> i4i wanted to see in print or documents that aren't official due to >> their inability to be used as evidence in a court of law, again with no >> verifiable source. >> 3. It doesn't appear, from my meager abilities, to include the methods >> OO.o uses. >> 4. Any way you look at it, the changes needed to get around the patent >> infringement, if it's real, is relatively simple to accomplish due to >> its single-ness in the program. >> 5. Why only Word? Other MS apps also use the XML "stuff". >> 6. It would seem that anyone initiating such an action would go after >> "Office" in order to close up any gaps that may allow the infringement >> to slip into other applications, some of which already have it. Maybe >> not the infringed part; I don't know. >> >> My 2 ยข anyway. Something just smells funny there. >> >> Twayne` >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
