Microsoft Word sale prohibited as of Jan. 11, fix promised

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Apparently the offending code reads and saves DOCX files, maybe old Amiga word processors will get a second life....

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The court document is http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ne/pdfs/JudgesRulingOnAppeal.pdf?tag=mncol;txt

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When I use MS Word, which is less and less since I discovered Pages, I always save in docx, does this mean my files will be made unreadable in some future update?  Is it DocX in general or some specific part of DocX?

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In the end they'll remove the offending code and carry on, they've got a virtual monopoly on the WP business, it doesn't matter.  I've stopped using MS Word in favour of Pages, but that's one person out of millions....

Yeah, well I think if it does, that'll be okay because MS losing a cash cow would be glorious