Is $1.52 billion a lot of money to Microsoft?

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So here is a skill-testing question:

A $1.52 billion fine is a lot of money. True or false?

I truly do not know the answer to this question. On one level, of course $1.52b is a lot of money. I certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at it if Bill Gates offered me a substantial cut of it.

At this moment its shares are down 38 cents on $29 per share.

SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled Thursday.

The Redmond, Wash.-based software company said the patents in question govern the conversion of audio into the digital MP3 file format on personal computers.