Patent not so stupid (Score 1)

I'm glad so many here are such patent and technology experts. At the time the patent was filed, this technology was new and filing a patent for it was hardly a stupid thing to do. These patents take years to approve, and a lot of hard work and money goes into them. And if a company like MS takes this company's patented idea and modifies it, the company has every right to amend it's patent with the improvements. After all, they were using its stuff in the first place. That's the way it works. And if you want to get into defending M$ in the matter of filing patents, you'd better retreat from that position, as they file one for just about everything they can. If you look at their patent history, they're actively trying to control most internet protocols, so we'll all end up paying them for what we now take for granted as free. And don't act surprised. They'd charge you to butter your toast if they could.