>Google claims that such suits would only be to defend itself when sued ("no first strike", just mutually assured destruction via countersuits), but Microsoft h

>Google claims that such suits would only be to defend itself when sued ("no first strike", just mutually assured destruction via countersuits), but Microsoft hasn't replied to that claim. I don't think MS has to. They're currently licensing a lot of Novell's patents, which means that they're protected against any infringement claims. I don't believe that situation would have changed even if Google won the entire bid-MS would have just given money to Google instead of Novell.