The insanity of software patents
Microsoft will change Internet Explorer because of a patent dispute with Eolas. I don’t know the exact details, but the dispute was over a patent about using web-plugins. Apparently, Internet Explorer and its use of ActiveX plugins crossed the line.
The insanity of this is that recently a whitepaper was published, detailing how Microsoft will change IE. According to an article on eweek, the change will mean that sometimes a user will have to click one extra time, or be presented with a dialog box.
When such a minute change will settle this patent dispute, it shows how ridiculous software patents are.