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Microsoft Word may contain thievery
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| American software giant accused of stealing Canadian software
| in latest version of word processor
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http://www.argosy.ca/view.php?aid=41596
Microsoft betrayed i4i, according to court documents
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| Microsoft Corp. marketed i4i Inc.'s XML software to potential
| customers at the same time it planned to drive the small
| company out of business by infringing on its patent for the
| technology, according to court documents filed last week.
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| In a brief submitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
| Federal District in Washington, Toronto-based i4i argued that
| an injunction blocking Microsoft from selling current versions
| of Word should stand.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/343100/Microsoft_Betrayed_i4i_Say_Court_Documents?taxonomyId=86
Microsoft: Legal Foe Paints Cockeyed Tale
http://www.pcworld.com/article/172002/microsoft_legal_foe_paints_cockeyed_tale.html
Recent:
Another Reason To Use ODF
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| Fast forward to today, and we learn that a company called i4i has won a
| lawsuit against Microsoft because Microsoft's use of XML -- including
| OOXML -- infringes an i4i patent. Microsoft has to pay i4i $290 million, and
| stop selling Word 2003 and Word 2007. Presumably, any product supporting
| OOXML will need to pay royalties to i4i.
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| Meanwhile, ODF does not violate the i4i patent. (i4i has "looked at
| OpenOffice and found it doesn't infringe on its patents." OpenOffice uses
| ODF.)
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| If you want your documents to be widely accessible, and remain accessible,
| you should use Open Document Format.
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http://www.goodbyemicrosoft.net/news.php?item.486.3
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