- Ichitaro
Infobox Software
name = Ichitaro
caption =
developer =Justsystems
latest_release_version = Ichitaro 2008
latest_release_date = 9th Feburuary 2008
operating_system =Microsoft Windows ,Linux
genre =Word processor
license = Proprietary
website = [http://www.ichitaro.com/ ichitaro.com]nihongo|Ichitaro|一太郎|ichitarō is a Japanese word processor produced by
Justsystems , a Japanese software company. Ichitaro occupies the second share in Japanese word-processing software, behindMicrosoft Word . It is one of the main products of the company. Its proprietary file extension is ".JTD".ATOK , an IME developed byJustsystems , is bundled with Ichitaro.History
The company developed the Japanese word processor
JS-WORD for thePC-100 in1983 . In the following year, jX-WORD for the IBM JX was released and in the following year, jX-WORD Taro was released for PC-9801. The same year, Ichitaro was released as its definite successor.In the
DOS era, Ichitaro had a considerable market share along with other rivals such asMatsu byKanri Kougaku Kenkyujyo . However, as Windows became dominant, the market was largely taken over byMicrosoft Word . ["The Yomiuri Shimbun", pp.9 Tokyo morning edition,April 8 ,1998 .] Some versions of Ichitaro were ported to the Macintosh and toOS/2 . In May 2003, the release of a Linux version was announced.Compact versions, "Ichitaro dash" and "Ichitaro lite" are produced for
laptop PC s. As office suite, "Just home" is also available. "Ichitaro smile" is targeted at elementary school students and "Ichitaro jump" at middle and high school students.On February 1, 2005, sales and production of the software were frozen pending an appeal by the company against a ruling of the Tokyo District Court which states that there is a breach of a patent owned by
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. However, on September 30, 2005, Intellectual Property High Court of Japan, which was newly formed in April 2005, has granted Justsystems’ appeal. Because this judgement became a final decision in October 2005, the original decision sentenced by the Tokyo District Court was overturned.
References
See also
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Matsu (software)
*ATOK
*HangulExternal links
* [http://www.ichitaro.com/ Ichitaro website]
* [http://www.ip.courts.go.jp/eng/documents/pdf/g_panel/10040_eng.pdf 2005 (Ne) 10040 Appeal Case of Seeking Injunction against Patent Infringement] - the Intellectual Property High Court of Japan
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