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It's kind of odd/fun/amusing that Microsoft after doing its big OOXML song and dance is being hoist on its own petard by a patent on custom XML.

I do wonder if Microsoft in stumping up OOXML did much at all in the way of diligence with regard to patents on custom XML. Because it seems that their attempt to get proprietary stuff in an "open standard" has come back to haunt them.

Ah well, maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm not. I'm just in too much after golf pain to care much.
Posted by: zkiwi   Posted on: 08/12/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Well...  zkiwi | 08/12/09
RE: 'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word  Loverock Davidson | 08/12/09
Past history ...  zkiwi | 08/12/09
Wrong  Loverock Davidson | 08/12/09
Yes, you are wrong...  zkiwi | 08/12/09
Are you crazy????  Viva la crank dodo | 08/12/09
Except that...  ShadowGIATL | 08/12/09
Please...  cdubb | 08/12/09
Why not?  zkiwi | 08/13/09
If you have to ask that...  joeller | 08/14/09
You do know that...  zkiwi | 08/16/09
This is the same judge and district...  GoodThings2Life | 08/12/09
And they won!  Ken_z | 08/12/09
Donald Knuth: Mathematical Ideas, or Algorithms, Should Not Be Patented  Dietrich® | 08/12/09
custom xml definition  Linux Geek | 08/12/09
Linux Geek your argument is fallicious  Djblois | 08/12/09
Unless...  Letophoro | 08/12/09
you did not get  Linux Geek | 08/12/09
Cannot have a patent on any modifications  Djblois | 08/12/09
Their claim...  ShadowGIATL | 08/12/09
Is there a patent on XML itself?  zkiwi | 08/12/09
The i4i patent describes the idea...  ShadowGIATL | 08/12/09
Well...  zkiwi | 08/12/09
Close, but no cigar  Fred Fredrickson | 08/12/09
re Close, but no cigar  Stephen, UK | 08/13/09
Note also that...  zkiwi | 08/13/09
Custom XML Tags is not XML and XDS Schemas  amywohl | 08/13/09
I didn't realize you were replying to yourself.  Letophoro | 08/12/09
You have it wrong...  Richard in Phoenix | 08/12/09
But isn't that the whole purpose of XML  joeller | 08/14/09
RE: 'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word  AdventTech67 | 08/12/09
About Custom XML  Richard in Phoenix | 08/12/09
RE: Microsoft 'Custom XML' is the problem!  oldhawk777 | 08/12/09
A touch of lucidity  Ole Man | 08/12/09
Yeah... so much for the independent study...  SpikeyMike | 08/12/09
Implications for other XML uses  IE8 | 08/12/09
Right...  ShadowGIATL | 08/12/09
Correct me if I am wrong  Shelendrea | 08/12/09
Word's docx format is not 'custom' and OOXML may not be out of the woods.  TheWerewolf | 08/12/09
Patent Invalid  BP314 | 08/12/09
Microsoft still pushing a standards tax  Ole Man | 08/14/09
That doesn't relate to this article.  ShadowGIATL | 08/14/09
Thank you! I think all Microsoft related crap  Ole Man | 08/14/09
Now see...  ShadowGIATL | 08/14/09
Every extreme has an opposite extreme  Ole Man | 08/15/09
You truly are delusional.  ShadowGIATL | 08/15/09
I am truly NOT delusional  Ole Man | 08/15/09
Consistency please  Macintoshtoffy | 08/18/09
RE: 'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word  Tanset | 08/17/09
RE: 'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word  Tanset | 08/18/09
Big customers are already rethinking thier options ...  George Mitchell | 08/18/09
RE: 'Custom XML' the key to patent suit over Microsoft Word  vbraziel | 08/22/09

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