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____/ nessuno on Wednesday 09 Sep 2009 20:25 : \____
> <Quote>
> "When it suited its purposes, Microsoft touted i4i as a 'Microsoft
> Partner' able to provide software that Microsoft could not. But behind
> i4i's back, Microsoft usurped i4i's invention, destroying i4i's
> ability to compete in the market that it had created."
>
> i4i said Microsoft approached it as a partner in April 2001 because
> federal defense and security agencies wanted a custom XML solution in
> Office from Microsoft. The meeting was initiated by a representative
> of Microsoft's US government sales office, Mark Belk....
>
> At a meeting with Microsoft representatives, i4i said it was told
> Microsoft didn't have any plans to offer the custom XML editing that
> the government wanted and that Microsoft instead promoted i4i's
> ability to provide specialized solutions.
>
> Microsoft went on to heap praise on i4i and its XML authoring tools.
>
> Just five days after the initial meeting, though, i4i said Microsoft
> executives discussed plans to add custom XML authoring to Word that
> would make competitors obsolete. i4i cited a June 2001 email from a
> Microsoft executive who'd attended the April meeting that i4i claimed
> had said: "[I]f we do the work properly, there won't be a need for
> [i4i's] product."
>
> "Later in 2001, before Word 2003 was released, Microsoft cut off all
> contact with i4i," i4i said.
> </Quote>
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/09/microsoft_destroyed_i4i_filing/
Microsoft will probably settle... but mission is accomplished when another rival
vanishes.
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