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Yet another reason to ditch Microsoft Office for web based apps

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This news story has flown mostly under the radar of most computer users for weeks. In a nutshell, it’s a patent infringement suit brought upon Microsoft by a Canadian company called i4i. The suit alleges that Microsoft knowingly used proprietary technologies in Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007. Last week, a judge in Texas, ruled in favor of i4i and ordered Microsoft to remove Microsoft Word from being sold and fined them nearly $300 million. Microsoft, of course, immediately filed an appeal that will draw the case out even longer.

While the appeal is being considered, Microsoft Word can still be purchased, but for how long? This case builds yet another argument for home and business computer users to consider using online based business applications like Zoho.com or Google Docs. If you want desktop software, look to OpenOffice.org.

Read more on the suit between i4i and Microsoft in the article below:

NewsFactor Network | Appeal Seeks To Keep Microsoft Word on Store Shelves.

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2 comments

  1. Steve Gammill
    August 25, 2009 at 9:52 am

    Rick, I think an important class could be you holding a 2 day seminar and teaching a lot of us how to make that switch. It is reasonable to suggest we learn on line business applications and do all our “office” applications that way, but for most of us, how the heck do we do it? how do we be secure? etc.

    Thanks

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    • Rick
      August 25, 2009 at 10:19 pm

      That’s a good idea Steve, but I think the idea is so foreign to folks that it would take thousands of dollars in marketing to just explain why they should come to the course to begin with. But I will keep the idea in mind, thanks.

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