Comments on: OOXML is Patent Trap, Royalties Render it Obsolete

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:56:15 +0000

Sydney,

re Bilski has already done the trick.

By: salvin

salvin — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:38:28 +0000

Oh, don’t you try to be _rational_ with Roy; he doesn’t like that…

By: Sydney Sider

Sydney Sider — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:28:14 +0000

Think rationally about this for a moment Roy. Is there a single case of Microsoft suing over a software patient? They moment they did most of their portfolio would be either toast or at risk.

By: jo Shields

jo Shields — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:07:06 +0000

Novell’s OOXML translator is a Trojan horse for Mono, i.e. more Microsoft patents.

You’re behaving more unhinged than usual. This is an impressive feat.

Novell’s deprecated OOXML support for OOo 2.x (no longer needed, since Sun have their own support in 3.x) has never had the slightest thing to do with Mono. It doesn’t require it, or use it.

And, for a change, your link has nothing to do with the point you’re making.

Seriously, it’s gone past silly now. Are you on something?

By: stevetheFLY

stevetheFLY — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:42:03 +0000

I bet Jonathan I. Schwartz and Steve Ballmer take nude sauna sessions together!! Shameless treason! Flail them! We want blood! ;ppp Note: comment has been flagged for arriving from an incarnation of a known (eet), pseudonymous, forever-nymshifting, abusive Internet troll that posts from open proxies and relays around the world.

By: stevetheFLY

stevetheFLY — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:39:57 +0000

What's the difference??!?, they've included the 'OOXML-trap' in the mainline code, and they have received millions of dollars from eeeevil Micro$oft!!!! ;p Let them feel the sacred wrath of righeous FLOSS crusaders like your humble self... Note: comment has been flagged for arriving from an incarnation of a known (eet), pseudonymous, forever-nymshifting, abusive Internet troll that posts from open proxies and relays around the world.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:37:51 +0000

Not about GNU/Linux and does not involve Mono/.NET and OOXML.

By: stevetheFLY

stevetheFLY — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:34:05 +0000

How about voting SUN out of OOo altogether because they have sealed a patent-agreement with Microsoft?

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/apr04/04-02SunAgreementPR.mspx
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-5188082.html

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By: stevetheFLY

stevetheFLY — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:27:14 +0000

...and the code for opening and saving to .DOC, too, of course! Note: comment has been flagged for arriving from an incarnation of a known (eet), pseudonymous, forever-nymshifting, abusive Internet troll that posts from open proxies and relays around the world.

By: stevetheFLY

stevetheFLY — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:26:42 +0000

Yeah, and tell SUN to remove their own OOXML-code, too... Note: comment has been flagged for arriving from an incarnation of a known (eet), pseudonymous, forever-nymshifting, abusive Internet troll that posts from open proxies and relays around the world.

By: AlexH

AlexH — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:44:27 +0000

We should petition to have this dangerous patent risk removed from OpenOffice.org immediately.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:23:38 +0000

Novell's OOXML translator is a Trojan horse for Mono, i.e. more Microsoft patents.

By: jo Shields

jo Shields — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:19:03 +0000

Why the Mono logo? What does it have to do with this “article”