Microsoft may be one of the only remaining mobile operating-system providers that charges handset makers a licensing fee, but in exchange vendors get at least one important benefit: protection from intellectual property worries.
Court: Microsoft violated patent; can't sell Word - Yahoo! News
Wow. They can't even sell it while they work on changes.
Between the U.S. courts and the EU, MS can only win in the court of public opinion!
Discuss!
EDIT: MS says no worries; they will have it available in January: