Court Bars Microsoft From Selling Word
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RolnCode3
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Ubuntu and OpenOffice FTW.
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N_Jay
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Much ado about nothing.
That's what you implied last time. This time they actually did it. It won't impact me personally, but I can see this causing problems for some eventually.
Excellent combination, but few businesses want to accept it. I think in the next year or two that could change a lot. MS Windows, and it's applications, are at a dead end, and are way too expensive.
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N_Jay
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And my opinion has not changed.
It's not over till the fat lady sings. (but it is getting close)
It does not impact many people, other than temporarily screwing up the distribution process.
What problems do you see?
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N_Jay
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What percentage of the market do you think OpenOffice will have in 2 years?
b7spectra
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Gee, I work for a major Office Superstore and we are STILL selling MS Word. Gee, guess our corporate office forgot to tell us!
Don't see it happening.
Don't see it happening.
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N_Jay
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Don't worry.
You have until Jan 11, and by then MS will either have payed the company, won in court, disabled XML in an update, or provided new product to sell.
You have until Jan 11, and by then MS will either have payed the company, won in court, disabled XML in an update, or provided new product to sell.
Microsoft Will Write One Big Ass Check!
Microsoft loses Word appeal, will adjust program | Reuters
Microsoft loses Word appeal, will adjust program | Reuters
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N_Jay
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The fact that there is a WIKI page dedicated to major deployments tells you just how few there are.
It s a bit player in the market.
b7spectra
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I'll wager $3.74 to anyone that Microsoft will keep on selling Word. Hmmmm, maybe Microsoft should just shut down Word worldwide! Simple for them to do!
That's already a given, but not in it's current form. MS has been ordered by the court to remove XML which is used to open .XML, .DOCX, and DOCM files.
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N_Jay
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I think you are misreading the ruling.
I hardly call opening a file as "a little used feature".
Microsoft Word Lawsuit: XML Explained - PC World
As said before, Much ado about nothing.
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