A lot of such lawsuits are more to satisfy judges companies are enforcing their patents (and trademarks) than because they don't want someone using their software.
It's sort of like the private road that's open 364 days a year, but closed down the next day - to keep that road from falling into public domain. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
