Take a good hard look at the graph on this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/16/asay_on_goole_patents_and_apple/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/

Take a good hard look at the graph on this article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/16/asay_on_goole_patents_and_apple/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/16/asay_on_goole_patent... There are some cold realities that Microsoft is up against here. A half decent "me too" effort that's 4 years late is not going to win a lot of marketshare.