Microsoft has attempted to block the court-ordered end to sales of Microsoft Word over a patent dispute. But court papers show that company officers were aware of the patent when they took the infringing action.
Read more »No easy fix for Word legal woes
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...when I see that one attorney thinks there's an "easy technical work-around" for Microsoft's patent violation in Word, my alarm bells go off. There is no easy fix here, and, short of waving the white-flag, Microsoft may very well have to stop selling Word, and thus Microsoft Office, this fall.
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How Bill Gates Denied Access to Office File Format Documentation to Stifle Competition
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Microsoft's former chairman shows the company's attitude towards accessible file formats and competition
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Microsoft Files Emergency Motion to Stay Execution of Judgment in i4i
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Microsoft on August 14th filed a sealed motion, in response to the August 11 judgment and injunction against it in i4i v. Microsoft. I can't show you a sealed motion, obviously, but here's the docket entry, to at least give you a clue...
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The Microsoft Crowd Uses the Word Verdict to Throw FUD at ODF, More Spin Comes from Denmark
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Contrary to abundant FUD out there, ODF is not at risk due to the i4i lawsuit
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Did Microsoft Also Poison Yahoo’s Free Software?
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Microsoft's agitation of Yahoo! since February 2008 takes its toll on more Free software-oriented staff
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Microsoft Hostility Towards XML Expands to Hostility Towards HTML
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Microsoft is looking to repossess documents by harming ODF, PDF, and HTML, using patents, FUD, RAND, and Silverlight
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How the Attacks on Sites Like Twitter Can Help Promote Free Software
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If anything good came out of the deluge of DDoS attacks, it is increased awareness of Free software benefits
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Open-source users revolt over OpenOffice.org's ribbon-esque UI
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The open-source faithful are lambasting a proposed overhaul of OpenOffice.org's user interface, with critics saying it would "ape" Microsoft Office's controversial Ribbon layout.
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Ubuntu Tweaks Patent Policy, MS Has “IP Group”
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XML Patent for Microsoft
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The core of US Patent 7,571,169 which Microsoft was granted on August 4th refers to – "A word-processing document stored in a single XML file that may be manipulated by applications that understand XML".
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Why GNU/Linux is Microsoft’s #1 Desktop Threat, Shareholders Are Finally Being Informed
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As Microsoft's earnings fall by a third (again), the reasons are being further analysed and Microsoft investors warned
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Does Microsoft Accuse Free Software of Fraud?
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At the expense of GNU/Linux.
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Using GNU/Linux as a leverage to get discounts from Microsoft.
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Yes Linus, Microsoft hating is a disease. And it's a pandemic
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The submission by Microsoft of twenty thousand lines of code to the Kernel has, predictably, caused many an eyebrow to arch. The phrase "beware Greeks bearing gifts" comes swiftly to mind.
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