OH NO. Court bans Microsoft from selling Word.

[TomTheGeek]

What the forget.

MS used XML and patented it with it. But XML was patented in 1998 by a Canadian company.

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091222_416170.htm

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Oh stuff!
I use word for all the stuff i do.

[Max4344]

Good thing i Dont use  Microsoft word =D i use Openoffice Word or IBM Lotus Symphony Word

[TomTheGeek]

Good thing i Dont use  Microsoft word =D i use Openoffice Word or IBM Lotus Symphony Word

Lol OpenOffice. I don't really like it.

[Miga]

OpenOffice + any other free-as-in-freedom (GNU GPL-licensed) software ftw. :D

[WhatevaGuy]

So we can still use MSWord if we have it on our computer, correct?

[Kalphiter]

So we can still use MSWord if we have it on our computer, correct?

OH NO. Court bans Microsoft from selling Word.
You just can't buy it new anymore.

[MtnDew]

OpenOffice + any other free-as-in-freedom (GNU GPL-licensed) software ftw. :D

[Osak]

Word is much more better :D

[Miga]

Word is much more better :D

But it's proprietary-as-in-proprietary.
Plus, after all the reformats I've done on Windows, Microsoft Office 2003 wouldn't let me use my product key anymore because I've apparently "used it on more than 5 computers".

[Niliscro]

And now we can get the latest version for free much easier.
I still have MS Office 2000, lol.

[Ector]

Notepad.

[Colten]

It said in the article they can continue selling Word as soon as they take out the XML part

[Molasses]

With all the money Microsoft has, I think they might be able to buy it.

[TomTheGeek]

With all the money Microsoft has, I think they might be able to buy it.

Lol.