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Re: Intentions are obvious to those that see
Their patents will only become a big deal IF the format is widely adopted.

Based on the current reluctance of corporate America to upgrade their MS Office packages that time may be a long way off - if ever.
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New patents are just a part of existing E3 policy.  jdoe512 | 01/26/04
So what about the hundreds of other XML patents  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
Pattern of behavior  jasonp@... | 01/26/04
Why its no big deal  OhMyGosh | 01/26/04
It's a patent - get over it  rock06r | 01/27/04
(NT) No more a big deal than bolting apps like IE or Mplayer to the OS :o)  Jack-Booted EULA | 01/26/04
Grandma, what big teeth you have...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 01/26/04
We'll soon find out their intentions  John L. Ries | 01/26/04
Intentions are obvious to those that see.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
Re: Intentions are obvious to those that see  issthatso | 01/26/04
It's not just Office.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
Yes, but NO ONE will be using Blowhorn...  SloooeShflu | 01/26/04
It's not just that anybody cares, either.  NoB$ | 01/26/04
Long in the tooth horn  tic swayback | 01/26/04
Wonder if they will do that with what they copied from Mozilla?  B.O.F.H. | 01/26/04
Sorry folks, you're. Come back in two years and see.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
Couldn't that statement work for Linux??  SloooeShflu | 01/26/04
You wish  Ployd_Farker | 01/26/04
Most??? You mean 1% don't you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
What??!!  Ployd_Farker | 01/26/04
Love the butterfly  CaptainObvious | 01/26/04
Improvement cycles  voska | 01/26/04
100 times or 13 years?  rock06r | 01/27/04
Definition of most of the planet  rock06r | 01/27/04
speaking of your mother  Ployd_Farker | 01/27/04
...that effectively kicks open source to the curb...?  NoB$ | 01/26/04
That doesn't make any sense at all  voska | 01/26/04
They already did  Sam_Lowry | 01/26/04
Better than I expected  John L. Ries | 01/26/04
Yea right, we can trust Microsoft!!!!  DonnieBoy | 01/26/04
Why do you care, you don't use MS products.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
You NEVER seem to mind bashing linux...  SloooeShflu | 01/26/04
NO, I bash NOTHING.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
Ok, but try arguing why you think we can trust Microsoft.  DonnieBoy | 01/26/04
why indeed...  ryusen | 01/26/04
why indeed...  NoB$ | 01/26/04
But if you don't use MS Office, why worry?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
For the short term, Linux users need to read MS docs.  DonnieBoy | 01/26/04
Why do you care  NoB$ | 01/26/04
Aw, down to name calling again.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
what do you care?  JWatson77 | 01/26/04
Not whining, laughing.  DonnieBoy | 01/26/04
Maybe it's because...  John L. Ries | 01/27/04
Saddam Hussein: WMDs are no big deal (NT)  jnonneman | 01/26/04
Interesting analogy  Sam_Lowry | 01/26/04
And they didn't find those either...  TheWerewolf | 01/26/04
Microsoft's intentions  Michael Kelly | 01/26/04
Read the patent  Sam_Lowry | 01/26/04
Where can I read the patent application?  el1jones | 01/26/04
GPL the schema  Nigel Johnstone | 01/26/04
Why would they help open source?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
Technically, a for-profit software company has no obligation, but...  Taz_z | 01/26/04
Aw, you mean hand outs and welfare.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
Exactly...IBM's spent a lot of time collecting food stamps lately, eh?...  SloooeShflu | 01/26/04
Hardware  rapson | 01/26/04
It's not about helping OSS  Michael Kelly | 01/26/04
If they are using oos, they aren't an MS customer.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/26/04
There's a LOT more OSS than OOo  Michael Kelly | 01/26/04
OS neutral  davidpz@... | 01/27/04
For one thing...  John L. Ries | 01/26/04
Patent on writing?  solprovider | 01/26/04
They're not... it's just bad reporting  Sam_Lowry | 01/26/04
Ever feel like a broken record?  rapson | 01/26/04
Agreed  rock06r | 01/27/04
Was I wrong?  solprovider | 01/31/04
re " Microsoft: XML patent moves no big deal  JWatson77 | 01/26/04
Explain-Anyone, PLEASE  rock06r | 01/27/04
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly  ioot@... | 08/10/09
IBM, largest patent holder, no big deal  FilledOut | 01/27/04

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