If Microsoft is willing to spend millions of dollars and take a huge PR hit to sue you, it's safe to assume that whatever you've built is successful/popular enough to make you very a wealthy man.
At that point, who cares?
At that point, who cares?
For example, if your company had the same strategy as Google (and/or made some similar mistakes) with regard to circumventing Java licensing/restrictions, I could see investors or possible investors that were aware of that being somewhat spooked at certain points in the past.