I am not the one making the decision for a one time settlement and thats it.......I would assume that EDig and DM do not wish to be in the accounting business and keep track of hundreds of companies making their monthly payment.

I am just repeating the words of RP......"a one time settlement" and that ends it with that company...

I am sure the scenario goes something like this......"Pay me a huge settlement and THAT CONSTITUTES YOUR LICENSING FEE. With this payment you can now use our IP forever.

Rather than: Pay a much smaller settlement and then pay monthly licenseing fees. EDig wants it all upfront and you can bet DM wants it all UPFRONT also.

The future is uncertain in any high technology area. There are new inventions every day, every hour. The choice between having it all now and some now and the rest in dribs and drabs is a "no brainer". 5 years from now the MicroOs might be as irrelivant as a "buggy whip" with the company, in your scenario, paying royalties to EDig for its use would now have NO NEED for the use of MicroOS. They could produce the same product or a new one with some other OS or no OS at all. This company would not then need to pay EDig royalities because IT WOULD NOT BE USING EDIG'S IP....

Simple to me....