[LINK] web: Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word

[David Goldstein]

I'd hate a reasonable argument to interfere with the hyperbole, but see this article from The Register at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/13/microsoft_word_patent_i4i/ or http://out-law.com/page-10254 for an outline of the case as it currently stands.

And geez Rachel, you really seem to have a problem with life...

David



----- Original Message ----
> From: "grove at zeta.org.au" <grove at zeta.org.au>
> To: David Goldstein <wavey_one at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Link Mailing List <link at anu.edu.au>
> Sent: Thursday, 13 August, 2009 2:45:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [LINK] web: Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
> 
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, David Goldstein wrote:
> 
> > A bit rich to single out Microsoft as if they are the only organisation or 
> person who disagrees with a court decision.
> >
> > It would be more likely to be unusual if a company or person has a decision go 
> against them that they come out and agree with it.
> >
> > But then, why should I expect realistic comment on such a topic....
> 
> The real problem is that MS has no regard for the law as it stands in relation 
> to their products. 
> They are very happy to abuse patent rights in the full knowledge that the case 
> will wear down the 
> contender and drain them of capital or MS will subsequently offer them a 
> settlement that tends to shut up 
> the shareholders etc.
> 
> In the end, Word will remain (MS is still shipping it while under appeal) and MS 
> will probably drop a bundle 
> of money on the i4i company.  Yet another court case fought on the power of 
> money, not the ethics of their 
> evil business practices.
> 
> What I would like to see is MS forced into a chapter 11 and the company folded 
> with their evil products 
> dumped and flushed like the refuse they are .....   .... only to be replaced by 
> another similarly evil 
> product vendor.  A bit like what happened to Australia's 2007 election, 
> really....
> 
> 
> rachel
> 
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> >> From: Jan Whitaker 
> >> To: link at anu.edu.au
> >> Sent: Thursday, 13 August, 2009 10:35:02 AM
> >> Subject: [LINK] web: Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
> >>
> >> [oops]
> >>
> >> "Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
> >> August 13, 2009 - 9:47AM
> >>
> >> Microsoft plans to appeal a ruling by a Texas judge that would ban
> >> the US software giant from selling its popular Word program in the
> >> United States.
> >>
> >> A Texas district court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Canadian software
> >> firm i4i Ltd and filed an injunction preventing Microsoft from
> >> selling the 2003 and 2007 versions of Word. Microsoft was given a two
> >> month deadline to comply.
> >>
> >> The patent relates to XML, or extensible markup language, which is
> >> used to manipulate a document's content and architecture separately.
> >>
> >> Apart from Microsoft's Word, XML is used by other word processing
> >> applications such as OpenOffice.
> >>
> >> The court also ruled that Microsoft would have to pay more than
> >> $US290 million in damages to i4i, which makes software for
> >> manipulating documents, for infringing the patent.
> >>
> >> Microsoft, which is involved in a number of legal battles over
> >> patents, said it plans to appeal the verdict.
> >>
> >> "If they (Mic..." (13 August 2009)
> >>
> >> 
> http://www.theage.com.au/technology/biz-tech/judge-orders-microsoft-to-stop-selling-word-20090813-eit2.html
> >>      http://snipurl.com/prnm8
> >>
> >> Loved this part:
> >> "We believe the evidence clearly demonstrated that we do not infringe
> >> and that the i4i patent is invalid," Microsoft spokesman Kevin Kutz said.
> >>
> >> I guess MS doesn't like the rule of law unless it's *their* rules.
> >> Jan
> >>
> >>
> >> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
> >> jwhit at janwhitaker.com
> >> blog: http://janwhitaker.com/jansblog/
> >> business: http://www.janwhitaker.com
> >>
> >> Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or
> >> sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.
> >> ~Madeline L'Engle, writer
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> Rachel Polanskis                 Kingswood, Greater Western Sydney, Australia
> grove at zeta.org.au                http://www.zeta.org.au/~grove/grove.html
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