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LiveDocuments appers to be breaking the Office 2007 UI License

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa973809.aspx

"Can any applications use the license?

The license is available for applications on any platform, except for applications that compete directly with the five Office applications that currently have the new UI (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access). We wanted to make the IP available broadly to partners because it has benefits to Microsoft and the Office Ecosystem. At the same time, we wanted to preserve the uniqueness of the Office UI for the core Office productivity applications."

(emphasis added)

Presumably Microsoft has patents or trademarks around the Ribbon UI. Not to mention that LiveDocuments' UI looks to have stolen not just the UI concept, but the actual colors & images from Office 2007.

If this were Apple they'd copied, they'd probably be facing a lawsuit from Apple. Yet if MS tries to stop them they'll be accused of being a bully and/or abusing their monopoly.

Posted by: PB_z   Posted on: 01/15/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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