> I am not a lawyer but i seem to remember reading somewhere that if one > does not enforce their patents and the technology becomes mainstream they > lose the ability to enforce the patents. That's copyright and trademark, I don't think it's the same with patents. (and I'd assume M$'s legal dept would have thought about this a bit before deciding to pursue it) Matt _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list