> Im sure eventually someone at Microsoft will tell them enough and cut the man a nice settlement check in a couple of years. If we could just skip all this no

> Im sure eventually someone at Microsoft will tell them enough and cut the man a nice settlement check in a couple of years. If we could just skip all this non-sense and get to the check cutting part, that would be great. This happened well before the MS merger, so they can safely issue a mea culpa, say things have changed, cut a modest check and be done with this. Or they can double down, drag this out over the next few years, pay 10-100x as much in legal and marketing related expenses, lose customer good will, impact sales, and generally be a drag on their productivity. All to, in the end, cut a modest check.