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@leevclarke that is not really it at all, Microsoft bought their solution, 'acquired' their intellectual property, inserted the stolen IP in Word, de-partnered, wiped out 80% of i4i business. The patent is NOT for XML, but for a method to customize it. IFAICT.
I wonder if this is a reaction to a case just last month, which saw a judge in Texas ruled that Microsoft is no longer allowed to sell Word because... it uses XML. Yep, the patent on XML is apparently owned by a Canadian company called i4i (no, I've never heard of them either), and they have targeted Microsoft because Word can save files in .xml, .docx, or .docm formats, despite the fact that XML is used in a wide range of software. Usually I am the first to celebrate rulings against Microsoft (they're neither my friends nor yours), but this is ridiculous even to me. Incidentally, the ruling has since been overturned.
