Microsoft Indemnification against IP Claims

Well, Microsoft is indemnifying their clients. More precisely, their legal department has determined that the threat of litigation against Microsoft customers is negligible in comparison to the media benefit of claiming that you can indemnify your clients.

Microsoft would indemnify their clients only if their clients will never need it.

What I'd like to see is some sort of warranty or guarantee, such as "we will recoup your losses for worms, viruses, and malicious hacks, provided you show your due diligence". That's about as likely as Microsoft ever actually indemnifying a client.