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Microsoft Nailed by Software Patent

An anonymous reader writes "It was just announced that Microsoft lost the case where it was accused of violating Eolas' patent on embedded applications in the Internet Explorer browser. They have been fined $521 million in damages."

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  1. hello are you foreign? by waspleg · · Score: 1, Troll

    being first is teh only thing 99% of the american idol watching public gives a living shit about, i mean i'm a sheltered geek but i bet half the people who modded you up tailgate to make sure no one cuts them off in traffic because god knows htat losing one more car length will make a huge impact on their massively-self important little worlds... digression? maybe but with a healthy dose of realism you seemed to be lacking

    oh and ironical is not a word, i won't touch your spelling cause i take a lot of shit from grammar nazis since i dont' give a fuck while posting to /. land of the self-righteous...