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I don't think anyone expects this to kill Word (especially considering that there really is no one waiting in the wings for the lead to stumble -- what OpenOffice? Google Docs?) -- especially on something that does not seem terribly fundamental and devastating to the core functionality.
This may give a little more steam to Microsoft's "pay-per-click" idea for word.
If I were a possible contender in the space I might be getting my game face on though -- Just because it is unlikely that Word will be toppled as the predominant standard does not mean that this may offer some wiggle room for contenders.
This is going to be an epic fail. You can't just stop selling Word. Word is an essential application for many people. Thats going to be a more bigger effect than breaking a patent.
The ironic thing is that the company that started this whole deal is producing a XML authoring tool for Office (and they even show it working with Word). I personally think that this is just pathetic (from the side of the initiating company), they probably just somehow figured out that they can get attention to their product by suing Microsoft. Will this process help the industry develop? No. Will this process get users to use products from the initiating company? I guess not.
Simply, in future versions of Word, Microsoft will probably change the way XML files are handled and it will be over at that point. Word is an essential tool and it will not go away.
I agree with Core in that they will probably ust change a few things around and BAM!!! a new legally safe copy of word is born...and since it is such a staple of the business community companies that won't be able to buy word 2003 or 2007 for their new computers, if the court rules that way, will have to buy the new probably more expensive version of word.
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