There has to be some kind of middle ground here. On one hand, I'm very surprised that Google doesn't pay a license fee to Microsoft for Exchange ActiveSync. I a

There has to be some kind of middle ground here. On one hand, I'm very surprised that Google doesn't pay a license fee to Microsoft for Exchange ActiveSync. I assumed all phone makers with Exchange support had licensing deals with Microsoft. On the other hand, patents for things like a loading bar in the corner of a web browser are absolutely ridiculous.