From: mike 

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:50:09 -0500, Mike N.  wrote:

>On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:02:25 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote:
>
>> I know, I've done exactly
>>that and not only did I get the software license, I got $5K back from the
>>OEM to cover legal expenses. (it wasn't MS software).
>
> MS is counting on the fact that the $189 troll fee is low enough that most
>people will just pay up rather than bothering with small claims court
>(which would never analyze it to the required extent) or the big lawyer
>circle.

Yup.  Microsoft needs the revenue in order to get their stock price moving
once again after a multi-year period of stagnation.

http://ichart.finance.yahoo.com/z?s=MSFT&t=5y&q=l&l=off&z=m&c=AAPL&a=v&p=s



 /m

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