RonB wrote:
> Marti van Lin wrote:
>> <quote>
>>
>> according to Microsoft lawyers. Dell, HP, and lots of other
>> ÃâËpartnersÃââ
>> would feel this in their wallets. Not to mention the consumer (who now
>> can go and discover other means of writing a letter).
>>
>> This is the responds to the court ruling that Microsoft offended a XML
>> patent. The ruling states that Microsoft canÃâât sell MS-Word in its
>> current form, so that means MS Office without its flagship Word.
>>
>> </quote>
>>
>> Full article (including interesting links to court manuscript (pdf))
>> here:
>>
>> http://www.redelijkheid.com/2009/08/19/the-world-will-end-in-chaos/
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/kofegq
>>
>> The exact words of the lawyer where:
>>
>> <quote>
>>
>> Microsoft's warned it'll suffer "irreparable harm" and that "major
>> public disruption" will result if it's forced to redesign Word to comply
>> with a US court ruling.
>>
>> </quote>
>>
>> There you have it: the end of times, the Apocalypse and Armageddon, if
>> the Vole looses one of its cash cows!
>
> Poor, poor Microsoft. What's the world coming to when theft by the rich
> and powerful is no longer tolerated? The "irreparable harm" could be
> avoided simply by paying the damages owed to i4i and then licensing the
> software, or buying the patent or buying the company that holds the
> patent. Basically what Microsoft is saying is, "Yeah, we got our hand
> caught in the cookie jar, but we're too big and important to live by the
> same rules against stealing that everyone has to live by."
>
> This is not a patent troll case. Microsoft went to i4i when they needed
> to sift through millions of documents, and they liked what i4i's product
> did, realized that it could make them money, then stole it to be used in
> their own software. They even talked about eliminating the need for i4i
> in emails. This is not accidentally tripping over an ambiguous patent --
> this is *willful* theft. This is the "I'm bigger than you, so I can do
> whatever the hell I want" principle. Now that they've been slapped down
> for being the thieves that they are are, they're shedding crocodile
> tears and crying poor mouth. What a scummy, lying piece of shit company
> Microsoft really is.
>
Wow, what a great respond Ron!
The most thing I worry about, is that Microsoft will get away with it again.
Cheers ;-)
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