[ubuntu-uk] [Fwd: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales]

[Jonathon Fernyhough]

Not really. It was litigated in a district of Texas that's known for
patent trolling. It'll come to naught, especially as it's a small
Canadian company suing a large US corporation in the US.

:)

2009/8/12 Harry Rickards <hrickards at l33tmyst.com>:
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> Subject: [Sussex] Judge bans Microsoft Word sales
> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:10:36 +0100
> From: Andrew Guard <andrew09 at andrewguard.com>
> Reply-To: Sussex LUG <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> To: Linux <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
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> This could be which breaks camels back on the idea of software patents
> and how very dumb it all is.
> It all down to fact that it using XML. Microsoft has be order to stop
> selling ALL copies of Word in USA.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8197990.stm
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