Microsoft: Spyglass was prepaid several million

Well, it looks like Spyglass' attempt to embarrass Microsoft have awakened the giant, who today commented that Microsoft prepaid several million dollars of royalties. Microsoft expects that any audit of their books will show just that and would like this issue resolved amicably. For little Spyglass, attempting to garner sympathy and investor confidence may have cost them their biggest customer. Typically, this sort of dispute is not made public