From: Peter Constable (petercon@microsoft.com)
Date: Fri Dec 03 2004 - 19:32:18 CST
> From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org]
On Behalf
> Of Philippe Verdy
> See www.opentype.org: OpenType is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation
> (bottom of page)
> The handdrawn-like "O" is a logo used by Microsoft as the icon
representing
> OpenType fonts.
>
> However the OpenType web site is apparently fixed only to this
presentation
> page, with a single link to MonoType Corporation, not to the previous
> documentation hosted by Microsoft.
>
> Is Microsoft stopping supporting OpenType, and about to sell the
technology
> to the MonoType font foundry?
That web site does not have any official status wrt the OpenType
technology. The content is merely information provided by a user of the
OpenType specification, not by an owner of it.
Why would you think the creation of this site might suggest that
Microsoft is selling off its IP in relation to OpenType to Monotype? If
Motorola created a site www.pentium4.org, would you jump to the
conclusion that they were selling off that IP?
Just to eliminate any confusion, Microsoft most definitely is not
decreasing in any way their investment in and support for OpenType.
Peter Constable
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