MS knows that OpenOffice.org and StarOffice are using XML for storing word, spreadsheet, presentation documents. I believe that the purpose of this patent is only for the marketing.
Now MS can say they own a patent on XML Word Document, just like it was an innovation from MS.
Therefore, it will be difficult to create an application which is able to read these documents (the format is protected) without paying some fee.
There are 2 questions that nobody asks
First: who's buying SCO's Stock and why ?
Secund: Whom has the benefit of the FUD ?
Let's be a little bit paranoid:
It is possible that the SCO's Stock are bought by wellknown company like MS, Sun, IBM, just in the case of...It is possible that SCO are going to be bought by one of them, some people know that, they tell it to their friends, or it is only based on a rumor (very dangerous) so it could explain the rising of SCO's stock.
For the linux competitors that case is very good just like an aid campaign, with much more impact on the decision maker. The Linux Competitor are not only MS but also Sun, which lost money, Linux is replacing more Unix Servers than MS Servers, any way, IBM because they have their own Unix (AIX) and they supply also Linux, more important, the community is behind him _even_ _if_ he losts (very important to have a good public opinion when you're selling something)...
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MS knows that OpenOffice.org and StarOffice are using XML for storing word, spreadsheet, presentation documents. I believe that the purpose of this patent is only for the marketing. Now MS can say they own a patent on XML Word Document, just like it was an innovation from MS. Therefore, it will be difficult to create an application which is able to read these documents (the format is protected) without paying some fee.
There are 2 questions that nobody asks First: who's buying SCO's Stock and why ? Secund: Whom has the benefit of the FUD ? Let's be a little bit paranoid: It is possible that the SCO's Stock are bought by wellknown company like MS, Sun, IBM, just in the case of...It is possible that SCO are going to be bought by one of them, some people know that, they tell it to their friends, or it is only based on a rumor (very dangerous) so it could explain the rising of SCO's stock. For the linux competitors that case is very good just like an aid campaign, with much more impact on the decision maker. The Linux Competitor are not only MS but also Sun, which lost money, Linux is replacing more Unix Servers than MS Servers, any way, IBM because they have their own Unix (AIX) and they supply also Linux, more important, the community is behind him _even_ _if_ he losts (very important to have a good public opinion when you're selling something)...