Just as we predicted, Microsoft’s request to have that ban on sales of Word put on hold pending appeal of i4i’s XML patent victory has been granted. That means IT managers and excitable first-year college students can continue to happily throw down cash for the world’s most popular word processor, while the rest of us twiddle our thumbs waiting for either proceedings to resume on September 23 or Stevey Ballms to write the big check and make this whole case disappear forever.

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Microsoft Word allowed to stay on sale… for now originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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