Comment OpenOffice.org (Score 1) 60
MS knows that OpenOffice.org and StarOffice are using XML for storing word, spreadsheet, presentation documents. I believe that the purpose of this patent is only for the marketing.
Now MS can say they own a patent on XML Word Document, just like it was an innovation from MS.
Therefore, it will be difficult to create an application which is able to read these documents (the format is protected) without paying some fee.
