Comment Re:You got sued, yay! (Score 0) 418
"How long until Microsoft is allowed to sue OpenOffice.org because the "functional structure" of OpenOffice Writer infringes upon the proir art of Microsoft Word? "
Maybe not long...but for different reasons? What would happen if Microsoft made an open version of office that had limited functionality like only viewing files or something. Then the logical name would be OpenOffice. If they did this, then would they have a suit against OpenOffice.org? They've had Office for longer than OpenOffice has had it's name. It's like Java could sue me for making a technology called JavaGL. It seems like it would be a java product, but it wouldn't be. Sounds similar to me.
Maybe not long...but for different reasons? What would happen if Microsoft made an open version of office that had limited functionality like only viewing files or something. Then the logical name would be OpenOffice. If they did this, then would they have a suit against OpenOffice.org? They've had Office for longer than OpenOffice has had it's name. It's like Java could sue me for making a technology called JavaGL. It seems like it would be a java product, but it wouldn't be. Sounds similar to me.
