While I'm not a fan of Microsoft in any form, I think the patent that has been uphold is patently stupid. It's a NYTimes article, so you might need to register, but who knows. I just clicked through from google news.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11 - A federal jury awarded a former University of California researcher $521 million today in a lawsuit against Microsoft that asserted its Explorer Web browser infringed a patent for sending software applications over the Internet. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/12/technology/12SOFT.html?ex=1061265600&en=e3f49b8bc460c3aa&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE Tim Wright Assistant Lecturer Department of Computer Science University of Canterbury "Language, like terrorism, targets civilians and generates fear to effect political change." -- "Collateral Language" John Collins and Ross Glover ed.
