> FWIW, i have been told by patent lawyers that 7 of 10 US patents fal when
you fight them.  And there are lot of ridiculois US patents.  I guess US
patent office is set for to earn money on number of patents, not quality.

Fact is, Microsoft has been granted this patent. Now there is the rule of
the 500 pond gorilla, there are very few company's that are able to attack
this patent just because they just don't have the resources to attack a
company like Microsoft in court.

Software patents SUCK they fight progress.

Peter

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