I see Timeline are suing Microsoft again about Microsoft’s BI tools (principally AS, I assume) infringing their patents…
hohum, this happened a few years ago… here’s an example of the kerfuffle that happened last time they sued:
Not the best advertisement for the concept of software patents in my opinion. There must be plenty of examples of prior art out there – see Nigel Pendse’s history of OLAP, for example: http://www.olapreport.com/origins.htm
I had to deal with Timeline when they sued Proclarity. They solely exist to sue.