Symantec Sues Microsoft, May Delay Vista

AuMatar writes "Symantec filed a lawsuit against Microsoft over patents on the volume management technology in Vista. They're seeking an injunction to stop Vista from being sold until the suit is completed. Given the recent Supreme Court ruling it should be interesting to see if the injunction is granted, since Symantec does produce software which uses the patent. If it is granted, expect MS to settle to prevent another Vista delay."

Comments

Re:Meh

[samkass]

frivolous lawsuits

Ahhh, yes, I almost forgot that in Slashdotland all patent lawsuits are, by definition, frivolous.

Re:The enemy of your enemy not withstanding...

[donscarletti]

There is no reason for Microsoft to be making Anti-virus, Anti-spyware or similar tools. They should simply write their software so it is naturally resitant (like running software with least privilages, rather than Administrator).