IBM's about the only company in the tech industry that *could* do that, too. They're the 800-pound gorilla carrying the squad automatic weapon in terms of what their legal department and financial resources can do.
I think Microsoft is about to learn about the law of unintended consequences. This isn't a government that they can try to lobby and influence, this is a really pissed off company that's *bigger* than they are, with much deeper pockets and an axe to grind.
IBM is bigger than Microsoft?