At what point does a billion dollar fine not matter?  How much money are you making to think this is just a cost of doing business?  MS didn’t even issue a press release about the fine.

Is it just arrogance that MS thinks they will eventually win the suit, so the intermediate fines are meaningless?  I am assuming they aren’t actually paying the fine(s) (The amount has been building steadily since they lost the dissemination suit a few years ago)

Isn’t this arrogance the real reason the suit was brought in the first place?  Does Ballmer or Gates actually think about the issue?