In the legal world, there is something known as strict liability. Normally in civil and criminal cases, things like intent and fault are very important, but when it comes to product liability none of that matters–its strict liability. The fact that the product caused harm, is enough to be held liable. So in my case, Microsoft is strictly liable for any and all damages related to use of it’s product. This should be extended to all those whom I damaged through my subsequent use of their product. Twenty-years ago this was probably a $60 billion dollar case, but now it should be triple that amount or more. They are a $3 trillion dollar company now with $78 billion of cash on hand, so they can afford it. I’ve read that judges normally don’t like to award punitive damages of more than 10% of what the company is worth which would be $300 billion. Microsoft knows all about this, and they could’ve saved themselves lots of money if they came forward twenty years ago to offer me some kind of settlement, but instead they just sat there and watched this go on for two decades. I’ve even sent them letters trying to settle out of court, but no response.