"The court has upheld a requirement to hand over intellectual property. "

Bull shit!

To quote the El Reg story on the verdict:

"It [The Court] found Microsoft failed to show that these APIs were intellectual property or that giving them away would have a negative impact on its ability to innovate."

In fact:

"The Court found that Microsoft had indeed failed to supply competitors with sufficient information to allow servers to interoperate effectively."

But now I just wonder - what does that imply about not giving users sufficient information to operate a system??? ;-)

(Obviously, MS supply plenty of information - but "you can lead a horse to water...")