[ale] [Fwd: Microsoft can't sell `Word' in US]

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You gotta love this one....

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Subject: Microsoft can't sell `Word' in US
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:58:10 -0700
From: glen mccready <gkm at petting-zoo.net>
Reply-To: deadbeef at petting-zoo.net
To: 0xdeadbeef <0xdeadbeef at petting-zoo.net>
CC: Keith Bostic <bostic at bostic.com>

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/176223.asp

A Texas judge ruled Tuesday that Microsoft cannot sell one of its
flagship products, Word, in the United States because of patent
infringement.

You read that right: Microsoft cannot sell Word, the judge ruled.

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