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Update: Microsoft knew about i4i's XML patent
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 13 August, 2009
According to newly leaked emails, it appears that Microsoft knew about i4i's XML patent but decided to go ahead with Word anyways.
"We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete," said one email from Martin Sawicki, a member of Microsoft's XML for Word development team. "It looks great for XP though."
The email was written before the release ... [ read the full article ]
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scorpNZ
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13. August 2009 @ 17:35 |
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The last sentence of the last paragraph totally cracks me up,specially the bit about buy'n the company
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"If anything, Microsoft can buy the patent or the company"
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14. August 2009 @ 00:17 |
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Hmmm...do I see Office 14 coming out in 60 days?
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emugamer
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14. August 2009 @ 12:06 |
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Hmmm...willful copywrite infringement with intent to crush the copywrite holder. It's too bad MS has the money to probably circumvent this and make it go away. I would be nice to see them burn for this.
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14. August 2009 @ 12:19 |
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kinda wished they muscled through with the xbox hardware emulation on the 360 instead....
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14. August 2009 @ 21:13 |
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Originally posted by scorpNZ:
The last sentence of the last paragraph totally cracks me up,specially the bit about buy'n the company
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"If anything, Microsoft can buy the patent or the company"
LikeWise buddy xD
If you cant beat 'em... Buy 'em !
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15. August 2009 @ 22:05 |
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This again is really pathetic. Microsoft will just buy up the company and or just pay them off and MS Office will not be removed from the shelves.
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inagasake
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16. August 2009 @ 14:47 |
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If you have money, you can do almost anything you want. Pretty sad.
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fluffwitt
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20. August 2009 @ 12:44 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
kinda wished they muscled through with the xbox hardware emulation on the 360 instead....
What's that got to do with the price of fish?
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Todge
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20. August 2009 @ 12:49 |
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Whether MS buy the company or the patent it matters not.. i4i and/or it's people are set to make a small fortune for this.. I'm sure they won't be complaining then.
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varnull
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20. August 2009 @ 12:50 |
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Looking good for a judge to not only uphold the original penalties but increase them substantially due to the deliberate nature of the infringement.
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pmshah
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24. August 2009 @ 03:38 |
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If I was the judge and had the authority I would award total revenue earned by M$ from the products which included the infringing software + "Cease and Desist" in 6 days, not 60 with no recourse to appeal.
In my view if any judgment is reversed under appeal (on non technical grounds) the judge passing the original award should be dis-banned for INCOMPETENCY. Technically both courts are supposedly reading the same law books!!!!!
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