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Re: Microsoft Patent on XML format

2004-01-24 12:10:58
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 10:24:03AM -0800, Richard Pitt wrote:

| My mistake - they have filed for patents, not been granted them :)

But it shows where their motives are.  At this stage I'd say that I cannot
give a thumbs up to any technology, even if the technical merits are a big
gain, if the political merits are negative, as would certainly be the case
if MSFT is granted these patents.

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