There's a groklaw article summarizing recent discussion about the impact of the Bilski case on software patents: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20081102011538422 "The judge says this kind of cloning could be done without infringing Microsoft's copyrights, but how about its patents? Prior to Bilski, one might give one answer. Now, one might give another." If we thought Wine unlikely to be attacked by Microsoft due to nebulous patent issues and anti-trust implications, it's even less likely now. Thanks, Scott Ritchie