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(Unverified)Jun 5th 2007 5:58PM

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I don't know ... I wouldn't be surprised if part of the motivation for them is reducing their own patent liability. That's just how insane IP law can become -- Microsoft gets patent immunity out of this, too, remember. Look at the Apple precedent; Microsoft really wanted Apple to drop their IP complaints, and Apple (under Jobs, anyway) really did want to get past that so they could go back to supporting their most critical and lucrative Mac developer. And MS may also be misguided enough to think their IP really is somehow infringed. That's not to dispute the obvious FUD motivation, but I don't think it's the whole story.

This isn't news, in that MS already expressed the desire to repeat the deal.

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