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Paul Sutton wrote:
Yup - this one is kinda ironic as it seems to be the bits in OOXML that MS added 'to customise' the XML - ie make it so that no-one else could use the open standard by having non-standard bits in it.-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Julian Hall wrote:'Microsoft has lost an appeal against a court judgement that told it to pay $240m (Â160m) in damages.' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8563852.stmI still can't work out what exactly this patent is for ok its about how data is stored in an xml file, but open office does, that, adn i thought open office used separate files is it more down to how everything is effectively glued together. This simply highlights how crazy the idea of software patents are.
I agree software patents are absurd but can also be highly amusing Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html