Could Eolas End Microsoft's Browser Dominance?

rustynail writes "The tiny Eolas web company is about to lock horns with Microsoft in a legal battle over a patent that Eolas owns covering all uses of plugins, applets, activeX controls and other similar technology. The difference here is that, according to this article Eolas might not accept a payout: instead they might exclude IE from using these technologies at all.. opening the way for a new browser war." We mentioned this dispute a few years ago, too, but an outcome to the Justice Department's case against Microsoft was far off in 1998.

Comments

"Eolas might not accept a payout:..."

[Dutchmaan]

or in other words.. Eolas would accept a larger than normal payout.

Re:Shockwave IS useful (its not)

[morgajel]

I can only think of two good uses for shockwave or flash....
joe cartoon and Killfrog