Ouch! They could be in real trouble here. 144 patents and they only really need one to hit M$ big. Like it was said - "consider these like nuclear warheads". If you take out 143 inbound nukes and just one gets through - you're still screwed. If more than one, its just about the size of the crater at that point! And Philips and Sony won't likely come to a deal to let M$ off the hook if one exists. They may not bring M$ down in the manner the InterTrust might, but I can garauntee they'd hold it over M$ like a pissed off 10 ton gorilla - nothing like having a rope around someones neck. I could see the XBox going bye-bye, or the cellphone market suddenly dry up for M$, not to mention what might happen to the MediaCenter PC that MS and certain OEMs are producing. Oh, but remember that this is a case of parallel development. M$ didn't rip off InterTrust. No, they came up with and invented this all by themselves (like everything else they use - the concept of the gui - Windows (did I hear Steve Jobs choking?), etc...)! Hmmm, this is going to be very interesting (hehehe - is that sweat on Bill and Steve's forehead and do they seem to be turning a funny color red to you?). Cheers, Curtis. :)