] Microsoft Corp. faces a trial in a patent infringement
] suit over the "autoplay" feature in Windows that
] automatically starts an application after storage media
] is loaded into a PC.

[ Of course, slash-drones are going on and on about all the prior art embodied in their amiga's and macintoshes and UNIX mainframes of old. Of course, as with all law, the devil's in the details, which only a lawyer can anlyze fully. Still, seems like if this one's upheld, Apple and Red Hat could be next... -k]