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Microsoft pulls Office from distribution channels on patent-infringement deadline day
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 01/12/2010 11:29 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
All About Microsoft reports that Microsoft pulled Office 2003, Word 2003, Office 2007 and Word 2007 SKUs from its distribution channels and sites.
January 11 is/was the day by which Microsoft was required to stop selling versions of Office or components of it that included the Custom XML technology, as a result of a patent-infringement ruling against the company.
Given that Microsoft released to PC makers a patch designed to remove the infringing technology at the end of last year, it looked like the Softies were ready to comply with the ruling over a month ago. But on or just before the actual compliance deadline, Microsoft ended up pulling existing copies of Office that included the technology from its various distribution channels and sites, including the Microsoft online store, MSDN and TechNet.
Given that Microsoft released to PC makers a patch designed to remove the infringing technology at the end of last year, it looked like the Softies were ready to comply with the ruling over a month ago. But on or just before the actual compliance deadline, Microsoft ended up pulling existing copies of Office that included the technology from its various distribution channels and sites, including the Microsoft online store, MSDN and TechNet.
Microsoft pulls Office from distribution channels on patent-infringement deadline day
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