http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
Probably will cost them less :P]]>Aug 12th 2009 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Microsoft should actually stop selling MS Office, and should demand that everyone stops using it also.

Why do these people want to destroy the industry like this. One can't just patent something and expect the whole world to stand still while one sits on one's dumb patent/ass.

There's this guy in India who was recently awarded a patent for dual sim phones in 2008, and the law-court is actually preventing every company from selling dual-sim phones in India - SICK]]>Aug 12th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
The patent holder should only have a finite amount to time from the date the product is created.]]>Aug 12th 2009 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
Ballmer: I can't figure out what, if anything, i4i does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
i4i: we reluctantly accept your proposal.
Ballmer: Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
[MSFT lackeys trash the room.]
i4i: Hey, what the hell's going on!
Ballmer: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks! [insane laughter]

-jp

]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
Also, open office is free, so they aren't selling it.]]>Aug 13th 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
Speak for yourself. While you may have a nub, I have a 6-foot pole.]]>Aug 12th 2009 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
We just bought 2 copies of Office 2008 the other day, heh.]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
To the shitty, by the shitty. ]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
I second that. It prevents any real innovation from being done in the U.S. Same system that promotes corporate greed, which is in turn why our aging Land line companies like AT&T and others will never upgrade our internet infrastructure forever, and we sit by watching other countries more forward.]]>Aug 12th 2009 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/No one ever said it was a patent on XML. On the other hand it is overly vague and the coupling of CSS/HTML comes to mind as an example of prior art straight away. ]]>Aug 12th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
"how can some one award such a generic patent to something that has been used by everybody else for so long?"

I took that to mean he was referring to XML itself, not the specific methodology Microsoft implemented in Word to read XML. You disagree? If so, why exactly? It should be obvious that a method for reading XML can be patented, so it wouldn't make any sense to ask how it could be patented, nor does it make any sense to say everybody has been using it for so long, because how would you know who has been using that specific method for reading XML, and why would you assume a lot of people have been using it when you know it's been patented?]]>Aug 12th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
NOOOooooooooooooo........ damn you eye4eye..... damn you.....]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 12:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Isn't the idea of XML that it is open source?
Didn't MS go to XML so that other programs can more easily read the documents it creates?
Can you really patent a method for reading an open source code? If so, I think I will patent a method for interpreting objects by wave length and focal point so that everyone must walk around with there eyes closed. then when I see anyone with there eyes open, I can sue! ]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/>Isn't the idea of XML that it is open source?
Not "open source" which is something else entirely. The idea is that it is a plaintext standard that is more readily parseable by 3rd party utilities. That's the idea at least.
>>Didn't MS go to XML so that other programs can more easily read the documents it creates?
They went XML because people demanded it. However, their XML is still very nasty and contains many MS-proprietary things that are hard for 3rd party apps to parse and render correctly. And their OOXML standard isn't even fully implemented by MS even (in fact, it's so complex it probably never will be.)
>>Can you really patent a method for reading an open source code? If so, I think I will patent a method for interpreting objects by wave length and focal point so that everyone must walk around with there eyes closed. then when I see anyone with there eyes open, I can sue!
Software patents are legendary for being ridiculous and trivial. They can shut down entire avenues of research and development if in the hands of a sue-happy company full of lawyers and no actual developers.]]>Aug 12th 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/No you don't have a clue what you are talking about.]]>Aug 12th 2009 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
@ Apocalypse: obvious, as soon as MS stop behaving like the Godfather of the computer industry.

May they rot in hell.]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/
Seriously...a patent on XML? Are they trying to break the use of the word irony or something? The whole point of XML is that it is extensible....]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/08/10/237245/darpa-designs-a-new-clippy-virtual-assistant-military.htm]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Aug 12th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/12/microsoft-forbidden-from-selling-word-will-probably-keep-sellin/Will OpenOffice will need to stop free distribution because it also "reads" XML?

Friggin' unedumacated Judges. Anybody remember Amazon's one-click patent. Jeez.]]>Aug 12th 2009 11:52AM