An additional note

Posted Oct 13, 2007 3:21 UTC (Sat) by felixfix (subscriber, #242)
In reply to: An additional note by sepreece
Parent article: Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat and Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted (Groklaw)

There's also the fact that lawsuits of this kind take a while to draft, so this is not just a case of a company made bold by Balmer's inflammatory harangue and filing suit mere days later. Well, unless the previous claims had already prepared the lawsuit... But if Microsoft did have anything to do with it, there must be some kind of email or paper trail, or at least coincidental travel itineraries to dig up during discovery ...