XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: voodoo@tootycar.net   
      
   On Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:51:01 -0400, amicus_curious wrote:   
      
   > "voodoo"  wrote in message   
   > news:4d9bc35b$0$4180$c3e8da3$f017e9df@news.astraweb.com...   
   >> On Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:11:07 -0400, amicus_curious wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "voodoo"  wrote in message   
   >>   
   >>>> you should ask a friend in the business about that patent stuff. i   
   >>>> heard that the patent protection only went as far as following the   
   >>>> exact released spec. anything in the annexes and supplements, the "do   
   >>>> it like word95" stuff was _not_ covered.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have not seen where any Microsoft patent has been asserted in regard   
   >>> to this.  Have you?  I am sure that it would be a big news item if it   
   >>> were to occur.   
   >>   
   >> "asserted" no. not yet anyway. yes that would be big news. "claimed"   
   >> certainly. makes a smaller splash. of course the prospect of a   
   >> competing word processor that can do msxml taking a substantial slice   
   >> of microsofts profits would bring out the lawyers, as has happened with   
   >> andriod.   
   >>   
   > Oh don't be so naïve, voodoo!  Consider how many years OO has been   
   > around and fully capable of reading and writing Word files as well as   
   > costing nothing and offering complete services to both Windows and Linux   
   > users. AFAIK, maybe it even works on Macintosh.  Even so, it has taken   
   > no measurable business from Microsoft and MS Office continues to be a   
   > huge hit for Microsoft as well as a great money maker.  You people need   
   > to get your act together and compare notes!   
      
   ??? i have not claimed that OO had taken measurable business from   
   microsoft. if it had, there is no doubt that legal papers would already   
   be flying.   
      
   > That said, you did say that there has been some "claim" of a patent   
   > violation regarding this standard?  Can you document even that?   
      
   that is difficult when microsoft will not specify their patents in this   
   area. Homer made a comment about on this very subject in this thread in   
   this message ---> Message-ID:    
      
   an actual violation? ip laws are such a wonderful thing arent they? you   
   can wreak so much havoc with vague whisps of threats. microsoft has not   
   claimed any violations to date. do you suppose that is because OO has   
   such a small user base? maybe there is no violation. certainly not   
   because of any patent protection that the iso standard affords.   
      
   patented things go into iso standards all the time.   
      
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