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By: ub3rst4r

ub3rst4r — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:52:37 +0000

long live openoffice and canada! =D

By: ub3rst4r

ub3rst4r — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:52:37 +0000

long live openoffice and canada! =D

By: ub3rst4r

ub3rst4r — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:52:37 +0000

long live openoffice and canada! =D

By: Rush2112

Rush2112 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:02:40 +0000

I think this is going to make people hit the torrents heavily for Word.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:20:34 +0000

No, the article says only copies sold after the date of the injunction have this applied. So copies people have bought before will be unaffected.

I think this is more bad press for I4i than Microsoft, as microsoft are basically dismissing it.

By: Pike1701

Pike1701 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:10:17 +0000

Does this mean existing users of MS Word 2007 will have some features turned off in order to comply with this injunction?

By: Omoronovo

Omoronovo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:02:05 +0000

Well, the commend made by Microsoft suggested that this was some kind of backend system that users had no direct access to, or there would be a lot more trouble in actually removing it from Word. Additionally, if it was integral to file compatibility, it would be a part of office 2010 in some form to remain compatibility with older Word files.

So no, I doubt this will affect file compatibility – from what I know of it, it's just one of many different XML technologies that can be used for files like Word, and since (technically), all xml should be readable by any of them, it's simply a case of finding or writing another one to fit in its place. I wouldn't worry too much, Office 2010 opens all my old xml files just like 2007 does so for most people, I expect this will be a non issue. I just hope i4i does some good work with the $200m, would be a shame to see it go to waste after winning it from Microsoft.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:27:29 +0000

Wow. Just goes to show you how important it is to do your legal homework. I have to feel at least a little sorry for MS. Does anyone know if the “new” versions sold after the injunction date will break compatibility with certain documents that were created using the copyrighted XML technology?

By: iMatt

iMatt — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:59:42 +0000

Wow. That just goes to show that money isn't everything.

By: iMatt

iMatt — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:59:42 +0000

Wow. That just goes to show that money isn't everything.