2007/1/28, Debarshi Ray debarshi.ray@gmail.com:
The following link tells you about how it is being threatend by Microsoft through software patents.
Microsoft withdraws the application
"patent application was a mistake and one that should not have happened. To fix this, Microsoft will be removing the patent application in question. Our sincere apologies to Michael Kölling and the BlueJ community." - Dan Fernandez's, Lead Product Manager - Visual Studio Express
http://blogs.msdn.com/danielfe/archive/2007/01/28/update-response-to-bluej-p...
Great to see Microsoft doing the right thing.
Cheers Praveen