yet unix/linux started before windows as far as i remember so how can they say it stole their patents ? it would be a case of they stole patents from linux but it's easy to attack open source software because they won't get sued back they are just little babbies crying because they like everyone else has to work for a living, if openoffice goes against their patents oh well just about any program does soon the license agreement will say you are only allowed to run microsoft programs on windows