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Re: Does Microsoft have XML patents?

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:57:59 -0800, Tim Smith wrote:

> In article
> <bc56635e-2fc3-467e-8e1c-8c1b9e401bda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>  Ramon F Herrera <ramon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Dec 25, 12:09 am, Tim Smith <reply_in_gr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > In article <19983549.1cevY8o...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> >  Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Microsoft will deny this, but it's already confirmed that
>> > > Microsoft's 'Open'
>> > > XML, for example, is a patent trap. See here:
>> >
>> >
>> > No more so than ODF.
>> >
>> >
>> I beg to differ, Tim. Are you saying that the source code of C# or
>> Visual J are as open and devoid of the fear factor as that of Java?
> 
> No.  I'm saying that Sun has patents that cover ODF, Microsoft has
> patents that cover OOXML.  Both of them have made those patents
> available reasonably (but not in a way that makes the formats "open" by
> the standards usually used for things to be "open") for those who want
> to implement those formats, respectively.  Roy decided to use your
> initial question as an opportunity to post part of his stock list of
> anti-OOXML FUD.

Sun has been show in courts to have illegally maintained monopoly power 
on 2 continents. Sun also hasn't used every dirty, underhanded trick in 
the book in order to stifle competition, either.
-- 
Rick

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