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Microsoft Pulls Office From Its Own Online Store

Posted by kdawson on from the overtaken-by-the-deadline dept.

CWmike writes "Microsoft has pulled almost every version of Office from its own online store to comply with a court order requiring it to remove custom XML technology from its popular Word software that starts on Monday. As of mid-day, the only edition available from the Microsoft Store was Office Ultimate 2007, a $670 'full-version' suite. All other Windows editions, as well as Office 2008 for Mac, were accompanied by the message: 'This product is currently unavailable while we update versions on our site. We expect it to be available soon.' Microsoft confirmed that the disappearance of Office was related to the injunction that came out of a patent infringement case the company lost in 2009. 'We've taken steps to comply with the court's ruling and we're introducing the revised software into the US market," said Michael Croan, a senior marketing manager, in an e-mail. He also downplayed the move. 'This process will be imperceptible to the vast majority of customers, who will find both trial and purchase options readily available.'"

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  1. I am sympathetic to Microsoft on this issue by Alain+Williams · · Score: 1, Troll

    I am no MS fan boy but I think that this action by the patent parasites i4i is completely wrong. We all know that the US patent system needs to be reformed, especially in the area of software patents -- this is just another example of how it is broken.

  2. Re:wheres the news by ozmanjusri · · Score: 1, Troll
    I'm always up for a good bashing,

    WTF kind of bullshit is this?

    You're the biggest apologist Microsoft has! If Ballmer himself stood up and admitted they were selling Win 7 backdoors to the Russian mafia, you'd have a first post touting it as a feature!

    --
    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
  3. Re: here$ the new$ by sopssa · · Score: 0, Troll

    Did you also think that food stores pay off the stealing users from their own pockets, and don't increase prices to get it back from users?

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