http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/12/toronto-company-kills-word-sales/ Thoughts on Startups, Entrepreneurs and the Web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/12/toronto-company-kills-word-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-190864 AffableAl Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:18:05 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/12/toronto-company-kills-word-sales/#comment-190864 The <a href="http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/2008\/PER-xml-20080205\/" target="_blank">XML spec</a> says: "XML was developed by an XML Working Group (originally known as the SGML Editorial Review Board) formed under the auspices of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in <b>1996</b>". I was surprised to find out that patent <a href="http:\/\/patft.uspto.gov\/netacgi\/nph-Parser\?Sect2=PTO1&amp\;Sect2=HITOFF&amp\;p=1&amp\;u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&amp\;r=1&amp\;f=G&amp\;l=50&amp\;d=PALL&amp\;RefSrch=yes&amp\;Query=PN%2F5787449" target="_blank">5787449</a> was filed on June 2, <b>1994</b>. The patent sounds alot like a description of XML to me. Seems like i4i could go after alot of companies that make tools that display xml documents in formats other than plain text. The XML spec says: "XML was developed by an XML Working Group (originally known as the SGML Editorial Review Board) formed under the auspices of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 1996". I was surprised to find out that patent 5787449 was filed on June 2, 1994. The patent sounds alot like a description of XML to me. Seems like i4i could go after alot of companies that make tools that display xml documents in formats other than plain text.

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/12/toronto-company-kills-word-sales/comment-page-1/#comment-190829 Greg Moreno Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:38:34 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/2009/08/12/toronto-company-kills-word-sales/#comment-190829 Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft is the bad guy or just a victim. I thought XML is an open standard Sometimes I wonder if Microsoft is the bad guy or just a victim. I thought XML is an open standard

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