[holymoly]

$12 million. Big deal. Micro$oft paid them out of petty cash.

[antiRepublicrat]

$12 million. Big deal. Micro$oft paid them out of petty cash.

That's exactly what I was talking about. Microsoft can pull these stunts because it can afford to pay for them. However, for Opera, $12M is quite a bit of money.

[Lael]

$12 million. Big deal. Micro$oft paid them out of petty cash.

Yeah, but the precedents are building up!

Having been branded a Monopolist seriously constricts what Micro$$$$$$$$SHAFT can get away with...This "interoperability" cr*p has been the KEY to their commercial success.

[Rebelbase]

"$12 million. Big deal. Micro$oft paid them out of petty cash."

Bump.

(Probably just collected loose money from the sofas in the corporate lounge)