Richard M. Smith wrote: >A small company called Eolas recently won a $521 million >judgment against Microsoft for patent infringement. The Eolas patent >covers plugins in Web pages to show multimedia content. > >The $521 million payment covers past infringement. Because Bill Gates >loathes to pay per-copy royalties, it looks like Microsoft is going to >either partially or completely remove support for ActiveX controls in >Internet Explorer rather than pay Eolas any more money.
Random prediction, pure speculation and my opinion only (nothing to do with my company): Microsoft buys Eolas or the patent rights and refuses to licence the patent to other browser developers thus ensuring that IE is the only browser with active content. As a local car ad says, "Game over!" Let's hope I'm wrong. IG _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
