i4i sweet revenge
This could be the case the CEO talked about on the CC.
Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.
Unfortunately, facts of the case are rolling out and an uncovered email from a member of Microsoft’s XML for Word development team proves that they were aware of i4i’s XML technology.
Information Week reports that court records include an email from Martin Sawicki, a Microsoft employee, possibly dated prior to the release Office 2003, that reads, “We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete…It looks great for XP though.”
This is pretty damning evidence, and likely one of the primary reasons that the jury voted against Microsoft. Given the nature of the email, it’s hard not to believe that Microsoft will be forced to settle with i4i for a hefty sum, though first things first, an appeal is most certainly pending.
Of course, Microsoft Word is too instrumental to the Office suite of products to go anywhere. Worst case scenario, Microsoft will pay a settlement and update their software on the market with a patch to get around the restrictions of the ban.
As information Week points out, “Davis said any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order. That leaves the door open for Microsoft to issue a patch that alters MS Word’s functionality in such a way as to circumvent the ban.”
Tags: i4i, microsoft, microsoft
Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.
Unfortunately, facts of the case are rolling out and an uncovered email from a member of Microsoft’s XML for Word development team proves that they were aware of i4i’s XML technology.
Information Week reports that court records include an email from Martin Sawicki, a Microsoft employee, possibly dated prior to the release Office 2003, that reads, “We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete…It looks great for XP though.”
This is pretty damning evidence, and likely one of the primary reasons that the jury voted against Microsoft. Given the nature of the email, it’s hard not to believe that Microsoft will be forced to settle with i4i for a hefty sum, though first things first, an appeal is most certainly pending.
Of course, Microsoft Word is too instrumental to the Office suite of products to go anywhere. Worst case scenario, Microsoft will pay a settlement and update their software on the market with a patch to get around the restrictions of the ban.
As information Week points out, “Davis said any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order. That leaves the door open for Microsoft to issue a patch that alters MS Word’s functionality in such a way as to circumvent the ban.”
Tags: i4i, microsoft, microsoft
Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.
Unfortunately, facts of the case are rolling out and an uncovered email from a member of Microsoft’s XML for Word development team proves that they were aware of i4i’s XML technology.
Information Week reports that court records include an email from Martin Sawicki, a Microsoft employee, possibly dated prior to the release Office 2003, that reads, “We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete…It looks great for XP though.”
This is pretty damning evidence, and likely one of the primary reasons that the jury voted against Microsoft. Given the nature of the email, it’s hard not to believe that Microsoft will be forced to settle with i4i for a hefty sum, though first things first, an appeal is most certainly pending.
Of course, Microsoft Word is too instrumental to the Office suite of products to go anywhere. Worst case scenario, Microsoft will pay a settlement and update their software on the market with a patch to get around the restrictions of the ban.
As information Week points out, “Davis said any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order. That leaves the door open for Microsoft to issue a patch that alters MS Word’s functionality in such a way as to circumvent the ban.”
Tags: i4i, microsoft, microsoft
Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.
Unfortunately, facts of the case are rolling out and an uncovered email from a member of Microsoft’s XML for Word development team proves that they were aware of i4i’s XML technology.
Information Week reports that court records include an email from Martin Sawicki, a Microsoft employee, possibly dated prior to the release Office 2003, that reads, “We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete…It looks great for XP though.”
This is pretty damning evidence, and likely one of the primary reasons that the jury voted against Microsoft. Given the nature of the email, it’s hard not to believe that Microsoft will be forced to settle with i4i for a hefty sum, though first things first, an appeal is most certainly pending.
Of course, Microsoft Word is too instrumental to the Office suite of products to go anywhere. Worst case scenario, Microsoft will pay a settlement and update their software on the market with a patch to get around the restrictions of the ban.
As information Week points out, “Davis said any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order. That leaves the door open for Microsoft to issue a patch that alters MS Word’s functionality in such a way as to circumvent the ban.”
Tags: i4i, microsoft, microsoft
Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.
Unfortunately, facts of the case are rolling out and an uncovered email from a member of Microsoft’s XML for Word development team proves that they were aware of i4i’s XML technology.
Information Week reports that court records include an email from Martin Sawicki, a Microsoft employee, possibly dated prior to the release Office 2003, that reads, “We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete…It looks great for XP though.”
This is pretty damning evidence, and likely one of the primary reasons that the jury voted against Microsoft. Given the nature of the email, it’s hard not to believe that Microsoft will be forced to settle with i4i for a hefty sum, though first things first, an appeal is most certainly pending.
Of course, Microsoft Word is too instrumental to the Office suite of products to go anywhere. Worst case scenario, Microsoft will pay a settlement and update their software on the market with a patch to get around the restrictions of the ban.
As information Week points out, “Davis said any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order. That leaves the door open for Microsoft to issue a patch that alters MS Word’s functionality in such a way as to circumvent the ban.”
Tags: i4i, microsoft, microsoft
Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.
Unfortunately, facts of the case are rolling out and an uncovered email from a member of Microsoft’s XML for Word development team proves that they were aware of i4i’s XML technology.
Information Week reports that court records include an email from Martin Sawicki, a Microsoft employee, possibly dated prior to the release Office 2003, that reads, “We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete…It looks great for XP though.”
This is pretty damning evidence, and likely one of the primary reasons that the jury voted against Microsoft. Given the nature of the email, it’s hard not to believe that Microsoft will be forced to settle with i4i for a hefty sum, though first things first, an appeal is most certainly pending.
Of course, Microsoft Word is too instrumental to the Office suite of products to go anywhere. Worst case scenario, Microsoft will pay a settlement and update their software on the market with a patch to get around the restrictions of the ban.
As information Week points out, “Davis said any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order. That leaves the door open for Microsoft to issue a patch that alters MS Word’s functionality in such a way as to circumvent the ban.”
Tags: i4i, microsoft, microsoft
Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.
Unfortunately, facts of the case are rolling out and an uncovered email from a member of Microsoft’s XML for Word development team proves that they were aware of i4i’s XML technology.
Information Week reports that court records include an email from Martin Sawicki, a Microsoft employee, possibly dated prior to the release Office 2003, that reads, “We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete…It looks great for XP though.”
This is pretty damning evidence, and likely one of the primary reasons that the jury voted against Microsoft. Given the nature of the email, it’s hard not to believe that Microsoft will be forced to settle with i4i for a hefty sum, though first things first, an appeal is most certainly pending.
Of course, Microsoft Word is too instrumental to the Office suite of products to go anywhere. Worst case scenario, Microsoft will pay a settlement and update their software on the market with a patch to get around the restrictions of the ban.
As information Week points out, “Davis said any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order. That leaves the door open for Microsoft to issue a patch that alters MS Word’s functionality in such a way as to circumvent the ban.”
Tags: i4i, microsoft, microsoft
Things just keep getting worse for Microsoft. Yesterday it became public knowledge that the desktop software giant had not only been sued for patent infringement by i4i, but that they were ordered to pay over $290 million, and will have 60 days to comply with a court-ordered injunction against the sale of Word.
Unfortunately, facts of the case are rolling out and an uncovered email from a member of Microsoft’s XML for Word development team proves that they were aware of i4i’s XML technology.
Information Week reports that court records include an email from Martin Sawicki, a Microsoft employee, possibly dated prior to the release Office 2003, that reads, “We saw [i4i's products] some time ago and met its creators. Word 11 will make it obsolete…It looks great for XP though.”
This is pretty damning evidence, and likely one of the primary reasons that the jury voted against Microsoft. Given the nature of the email, it’s hard not to believe that Microsoft will be forced to settle with i4i for a hefty sum, though first things first, an appeal is most certainly pending.
Of course, Microsoft Word is too instrumental to the Office suite of products to go anywhere. Worst case scenario, Microsoft will pay a settlement and update their software on the market with a patch to get around the restrictions of the ban.
As information Week points out, “Davis said any version of Word that opens documents in plain text only, or which strips a document of custom XML through a process known as a transform, would be free from his order. That leaves the door open for Microsoft to issue a patch that alters MS Word’s functionality in such a way as to circumvent the ban.”
Tags: i4i, microsoft, microsoft
