"Yesterday, Microsoft let the other shoe drop in a two-pronged attack on the support that has been building for the OpenDocument OASIS Format. It's still far too early to say that the dust has settled, but I'll attempt to pull together here the most significant pieces of information that I've located since last night's post, and what it all means."
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Member since:2005-10-02
ODF isn't patent emcumbered.
It's patented alright, but it's not patent emcumbered.
It's free for anyone to use anyway you want to - without restrictions.
The patent only kicks in if you're sueing someone for violating a patent for storing documents in XML-format, while said someone is using ODF.
Member since:2005-07-06
Sun Patents also cover OpenDocument, the point is whether Microsoft will allow complete royalty free access to the XPS standard ... and they have already have ... therefore your point it moot.
Sun do not have patents over the format - they've waived their right to any they might have though, so stop dredging up that crap please.
Additionally, royalty free is absolutely meaningless. Microsoft controls the format, end of story. It's hardly been submitted to an independent body like Oasis has it?
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2005-07-11
Anonymous: Microsoft's Office XML is still patent emcumbered, regardless of any ECMA standard>
Sun Patents also cover OpenDocument, the point is whether Microsoft will allow complete royalty free access to the XPS standard ... and they have already have ... therefore your point it moot.
But the real question to ask here is will developers target OpenDocument or will they target XPS ??
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/default.mspx
Edited 2005-11-22 19:23