Quote Originally Posted by Ultra
Actually I doubt that Microsoft are the ones to blame. If they'd not patent it someone else probably would and then sue Microsoft. Most of the time that companies patent stuff like this it is to protect itself rather than using it against others.
I don't think this is the case for Microsoft. If i know how they think (and you can just look back at the past), they'll surely use it for some barely legal action.
I think it is very probable that they'll use it as a weapon against linux and open source. Just wait some year and we'll see.